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: Utah
17-15-25. Right to breastfeed.
The county legislative body may not prohibit a woman’s breastfeeding in any location where she otherwise may rightfully be, irrespective of...
Breastfeeding Law: Arkansas
20-27-2001. Breastfeeding in public.
A woman may breastfeed a child in a public place or any place where other individuals are present.
HISTORY: Acts 2007, No....
Breastfeeding Law: Iowa
135.30A Breast-feeding in public places.
Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, a woman may breast-feed the woman’s own child in any public...
Breastfeeding Law: Connecticut
C.G.S. Section 46a-64
Prohibition against discrimination and segregation in places of public accommodation on the basis of race, creed, color, national origin, ancestry, sex, marital...
Breastfeeding Law: New Mexico
N.M. Stat. Ann. § 28-20-1
§ 28-20-1. Right to breastfeed.
A mother may breastfeed her child in any location, public or private, where the mother is...
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: 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...
Breastfeeding Law: Ohio
3781.55 Breastfeeding in places of public accommodation.
A mother is entitled to breast-feed her baby in any location of a place of public accommodation wherein...
Breastfeeding Law: Lactation and the Law Revisited
In late 2010, young mother Anna (not her real name) was nursing her daughter in the toddler area of a public pool in the...
