Breastfeeding Protected by New Wisconsin County Ordinance
January 5, 2007 by Angela White, J.D., breastfeeding counselor
Filed under activism, law, nursing in public, pumping
Finally a breastfeeding law with some bite! In Wisconsin, Dane County board members just enacted Dane County Municipal Ordinance 23.37 which states:
[N]o person shall interfere with a mother breast-feeding her child or expressing breast milk within any public accommodation where the mother would otherwise be authorized to be….”
The state law in Wisconsin already protects breastfeeding in public by exempting breastfeeding from the criminal statutes, but this ordinance provides some consequences for anyone who interferes with a mother exercising her right to breastfeed or pump. Anyone who is arrested for harassing a breastfeeding mother may face a fine of $10 to …read more
