Many thanks to all the replies for my dilemma with the senator. Yesterday's meeting went quite well. He was intrigued by the cost savings estimations of bfing, the fact that 12 states have protective legislation for bfing (3 border us!!), and the best reaction we received was in regards to his comment that his wife did not bf & his children are just great. We did not negate that fact but rather stated it is not fair to deny today's parents of the pro-bfing info we now have from research. I do not suspect he ever looked at it that way before based on his positive reaction to that. He never did touch deeply on the "indecent exposure" issue: He acknowledged that we are a more mobile generation than his (He late 60ish). We provided great pictures of discreet public nursing - I especially liked this suggestion! It might have nipped the issue in the bud! His aide who was present ( does research for the health/human services committee) was very pro-bfing, his wife bf & his main focus was on the health benefits of bfing. The one point the senator kept coming back to was no one (in PA) has ever been prosecuted for public bfing & he doesn't believe it would ever happen. We tried to emphasize the reassurance women would feel from a protective law. He didn't seem to get the connection of uncomfortableness with public bfing & lower rates of bf duration. If the Surgeon General's goal is for 50% bfing rate at age 6 mo., we need to make women feel it is a publically acceptable activity. Again I am most grateful for this forum and your feedback! Debbie Shinskie RN CES IBCLC in Millersburg, PA, USA [log in to unmask] http://www.epix.net/~shinskie/ "People can't change the truth, but the truth can change people"