My understanding is that babies had been in the Vic parliament before without a problem- just not that young and not breastfeeding. It's my take that the "stanger in the house rule" was used as an excuse to get her out of there. How often does this happen and the real reason for them being asked to leave is not used. The way she was asked to leave was also common- there was a "special place she could got to to breastfeed" They have talked about changing the rules but when the speaker was questioned though she was quite OK about babies being with their mothers in parliament she could not see what there was any need for women to breastfeed there- there was a room close by set aside for that. How often are women directed to the "special breastfeeding place" ostensibly for their comfort but really for the comfort of the person who wants to get breastfeeding out of their sight. The last place this happened to me was one of the children's hospitals in Sydney of all places. Karleen Gribble Australia > The reason she was asked to leave was not because she was breastfeeding > which none of the MPs objected to but because the BABY was not a member of > parliament.the rules say that non-members of parliament are not allowed > during this time. *********************************************** To temporarily stop your subscription: set lactnet nomail To start it again: set lactnet mail (or digest) To unsubscribe: unsubscribe lactnet All commands go to [log in to unmask] The LACTNET mailing list is powered by L-Soft's renowned LISTSERV(R) list management software together with L-Soft's LSMTP(TM) mailer for lightning fast mail delivery. For more information, go to: http://www.lsoft.com/LISTSERV-powered.html