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Date: | Tue, 18 May 1999 23:55:08 -0400 |
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I can chime in that allowing breastfeeding "with the appropriate discretion"
is about as vague a legal standard as I could think of. Arguably the bill
means if a customer or shop keeper or anyone else feels a woman is nursing
without "appropriate discretion," she may be asked to leave. That is the
most plausible reading of the bill. Who determines what "appropriate
discretion" is? A judge? A jury? Another customer? Anyone who witnesses
the nursing couple?
The language of the bill is ridiculous -- if it is ever used against a
woman, I would hope the legislature would then take the opportunity to
delete the reference to "appropriate discretion." The stuff about giving
out breastfeeding information to all pregnant woman sounds very positive --
I guess they had to appease some senators by including the discretion
clause.
Rhonda Feder
Elkins Park, PA
lawyer, lay counselor in training
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