Honorable Frances Fredericks:

I strongly urge you to reject the House Bill 527 and SUPPORT THE SENATE BILL 
(S.B. 2419). I am a professional lactation consultant and have been working 
with breastfeeding mothers for over 20 years. The added wording "providing 
there is appropriate discretion used" (to address the issue of breastfeeding 
wherever a mother is authorized to be) at first sounds like a reasonable 
phrase to add. However, this would leave the statute wide open for all sorts 
of interpretations.  Some folks mind their own business and others are nosy 
and prudish. I promise you if this "discretion" wording is left in, it will 
be used to harass and even arrest and prosecute nursing mothers.

Breastfeeding rates are woefully low in Mississippi and mothers need to be 
enthusiastically encouraged to breastfeed, as our American Academy of 
Pediatrics says to do. All mothers I have worked with were concerned about 
breastfeeding in a comfortable and modest way. Therefore, I can see no way 
that you would have a problem with too much exposure, if that is the worry. 
What you will have is more mothers feeling that breastfeeding is a 
worthwhile thing to do, which it is.

Laurie Wheeler, IBCLC, MN, RN
residing in Saltillo MS
working in New Albany MS

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