The Lubbock nurse-in led tonight’s local NBC evening news cast. The KCBD video broadcast reported that over 30 breastfeeding women showed up at the First Friday Art Trail at the Buddy Holly Center to applaud the city’s decision to overturn its ban of artwork depicting a breastfeeding mother and a nude pregnant woman. Both the artist Lahib Jaddo and the model Annie Harrison were present. The local chapter of the American Civil Liberties Union says the City of Lubbock supported the breastfeeding women in attendance by providing chairs and breastfeeding-friendly food. The City of Lubbock is working toward an agreement …read more

The artwork shown at left was one of two pieces banned from an art show at the Buddy Holly Center in Lubbock, Texas. According to the artist Lahib Jaddo, city official Scott Snider rejected the work over the telephone without ever having seen the actual sketch. The local television news reports that the city has since apologized and promised to review its policies, but the local chapter of the American Civil Liberties Union and Birth Without Boundaries plan to go ahead with a nurse-in scheduled for tomorrow, Friday, January 4, 2008.
Lubbock, Texas Nurse-In
Date: Friday, January 4, 2008
Time: 5:45 pm
Place: Buddy …read more