It is legal for a breastfeeding mother to breastfeed her baby anywhere she
legally has the right to be. That is the law in Texas.

As for hefty fine - that may have had to do with some other charge - not
with breastfeeding or with indecent exposure as breastfeeding mothers are
protected from that in Texas. He may not understand the whole situation or
may not be telling you about all of it is my suspicion. 

Michelle


 

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From: Lactation Information and Discussion
[mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Veronica Tingzon
Sent: Sunday, June 18, 2006 12:19 PM
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: When a mom nearly gets arrested for BF

Hello my Lactnet friends,

I haven't posted in a while. I have been going to school and absolutely =

crazy swamped with my studies....
Anyhow, I got a pretty sad call yesterday from a man visiting from Poland=
 
with his family. He'd gotten my name and phone number off of our local
breastfeeding coalitions website to ask me if it is legal to breastfeed i= n
public here in California. I assured him that it is and gave him resource= s
at where he could see the BF accomodation laws. He was very relieved that=
 
his wife could feed their kids in public. They'd been in Austin TX before=
 
coming to CA. and his wife was nearly arrested because of her "indecent =

exposure" while tandem feeding her 15 mo. old and her 27 month ols children.
The officer handcuffed her right there in a cafe in Austin whic= h actually
exposed her breasts much more than the tandem feed ever did. The=
 
man was crying because he could tell that his wife was scared and
humiliated! He wanted to ensure that this would not happen here. I assure= d
him that it wouldn't

He gave me permission to post and wanted me to ask the question, "What =

recourse does he have for this situation?" Was the situation in fact
warranted to cuff a woman and humiliate her and expose her so offensively=
 
in public that way (Oh,BTW, they ended up having to pay a hefty fine, too)?
I know nothing of Texas BF laws. Can my fellow Texan BF advocates =

educate me?

Thank you for your help.

Warmly,
Veronica B. Tingzon, IBCLC, RLC
Oceanside, CA
www.theoriginalcomfortfood.com

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