Although I wish it had been worded as the baby's right, but it is still great news.  It was finally passed with just a voice vote-no discussion and apparantly no "nay"s!  Kudos especially to Ann Altshuler who kept after this and kept us all posted, encouraging people to keep bugging (my term, not hers) our representatives to get this job done.

Winnie Mading IBCLC
Here is the exact wording of the bill that now goes to Governor Doyle for his signature:

253.16 Right to breast-feed. A mother may breast-feed her child in any public or private location where the mother and child are otherwise authorized to be. In such a location, no person may prohibit a mother from breast-feeding her child, direct a mother to move to another location to breast-feed her child, direct a mother to cover her child or breast while breast-feeding, or otherwise restrict a mother from breast-feeding.
 
A person who interferes with that right is subject to a forfeiture not to exceed $200 under the general penalty provision under current law.

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