Then one of them stood up and pushed my shopping cart with my 21-month-old baby in it and my purse around the corner and I was told, ‘If you want to breast feed, you’re going to have to go in there.’ So I followed my child who was in my shopping cart went into the dressing room and nursed my baby.

Oh my goodness, I think Ms. Silvis showed a great deal of restraint. If someone moved a shopping cart with one of my children in it, I would have been stunned, then outraged!

South Carolina law protects breastfeeding:

SECTION 20-7-97. Breastfeeding.

(A) A woman may breastfeed her child in any location where the mother and her child are authorized to be.

(B) Breastfeeding a child in a location where the mother is authorized to be is not considered indecent exposure.

The Wal-Mart did not apologize, explaining only that the dressing room was offered to Silvis as a courtesy.

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The New Mexico legislation to support working mothers received unanimous approval by the House Labor and Human Resources committee hearing last Tuesday and now faces review by the Consumer and Public Affairs Committee.

South Carolina

After controversial child custody disputes in the state, the South Carolina Breastfeeding Action Committee is pushing to introduce legislation that would allow a breastfeeding mother custody of her child unless the child is in danger. Three states currently allow breastfeeding to be taken into consideration in custody decisions: Maine, Michigan and Utah.

Wisconsin

The “Right to Breastfeed Act” has been introduced in the Wisconsin state legislature by Senator Fred Risser and Representative Sheldon Wasserman. It would allow a mother to breastfeed in any public or private location where the mother is otherwise authorized to be. Much like local legislation recently passed in Wisconsin on the city and county level, the bill would prohibit interfering with a breastfeeding woman and provide a fine of up to $200. Advocates are hopeful that Senate Bill 30 will move swiftly and be received positively now that Risser is president of the state Senate.

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