Breastfeeding Law: Wisconsin
SECTION 1. 253.16 of the statutes is created to read:
253.16 Right to breast−feed. A mother may breast−feed her child in any public or private...
Breastfeeding Law: Nevada
NRS 201.232 Breastfeeding: Legislative intent; authorized in any public or private location where the mother is authorized to be.
1. The Legislature finds and declares...
Breastfeeding Law: Pumping 9 to 5
By Jake Marcus, JD
According to the US Department of Labor, 56 percent of women with children under age three are employed outside the home...
Breastfeeding Law: Why Is An Enforcement Provision Important?
To fully understand how enforcement provisions work, please read the article on this website – particularly Lactation and the Law.
The short answer to the question...
Breastfeeding Law: Illinois
(720 ILCS 5/11-30) (was 720 ILCS 5/11-9)
Sec. 11-30. Public indecency.
(a) Any person of the age of 17 years and upwards who performs any of...
Breastfeeding Law: Tennessee
68-58-101. The right to breastfeed in any location. —
A mother has a right to breastfeed her child in any location, public or private, where...
Breastfeeding Law: South Carolina
SECTION 63-5-40. Breastfeeding.
(A) A woman may breastfeed her child in any location where the mother and her child are authorized to be.
(B) Breastfeeding a...
Breastfeeding Law: Lactation and The Law
By Jake Marcus, J.D.
Most women who breastfeed their children will, at some time or other, find it necessary to nurse their children outside of...
Breastfeeding Law: Mississippi
17-25-7. No county, municipality or other political subdivision shall enact any
an ordinance restricting a woman’s right to breast-feed her child until such time as...
Breastfeeding Law: New York
§ 79-e. Right to breastfeed. Notwithstanding any other provision of
law, a mother may breastfeed her baby in any location, public or
private, where the mother...
