Breastfeeding in public - permissible or not in terms of law

Kristina Lapshina is a young lawyer from St. Petersburg. On her social networking page she occasionally gives mini-consultations on various topical issues. Typically, Christine's subscribers are limited to huskies. But one of the topics touched by the lawyer provoked a real war in the comments. The question was put: "Does the administration of public catering have the right to expel the nursing mother?" Not for nothing, of course. After all, there are not so rare cases when employees of a cafe or restaurant ask their mother to leave. At best - in the toilet. And more often - on the street. It is motivated by the fact that it may be unpleasant for other visitors to observe such a picture.A photo: GettyImages The law in this respect is unequivocal: for such a proposal it is possible to file a cafe in court: "If your baby wants to eat while in a cafe, restaurant or other public place, then no one has the right to expel you, ask you to retire or go to the toilet , to feed the child, "- puts the points above y Christina. All the matter is that such a request is discrimination of the nursing mother. After all, breastfeeding in a public place is hooligan or unacceptable from the point of view of the law is not. So, the expulsion of the mother to the street is a violation of the law "On the protection of consumers' rights." The opinions of the readers on this issue are divided. "In any decent place there should be a room for mother and child where you can change diapers and feed," one of them says neutrally. "With the baby, the first need is to go straight to the restaurant," others will yelp. Bursting at once on the answer in the style: "And what do you propose? Lock up at home until the child grows up? "" And it would be unpleasant for me to watch a certain madam throw her farm on the table and start titling the child in her mouth! "- the third ones are quite intolerant. "Do you think that a woman, when she feeds, completely undresses from the top?" - supporters of free feeding parry. However, many suggested a completely reasonable option: just hide behind a scarf or diaper. After all, in this case, no one will notice at all that you are not just rocking the baby, but feeding it. And the situation in which a mother with a baby is in a cafe can really be different: she came to another city, she was far from home (she went to the hospital, for example, and had to stay there). By the way, in America in some states the rights of nursing mothers are protected by law: not so long ago they discussed the case when a woman was asked to leave the post office and feed somewhere else. She called the police, and the servants of the law explained to the post office staff that they were, to put it mildly, wrong. How do you think it is permissible to breastfeed in public?

Why not? Little do you know where the baby wants to eat.
It's an intimate affair, exposing it to shamelessness.
If you do not feed at home, you can always find a nook.
If you hide behind a scarf, then no one will notice anything. You do not have to make an elephant out of a fly!
Go to restaurants, while breastfeeding is not the most necessary occupation. To guess it is necessary under feeding.

Voted: 3250How do you think it is permissible to breastfeed in public?

Why not? Whether it is not enough, where the kid is will want. 34,6%
This is an intimate affair, to expose it to shamelessness.17,7%
If you feed not at home, you can always find a secluded nook.42,6%
If you hide behind a scarf, then no one will notice anything. You do not need to make an elephant out of a fly! 4.4%
Go to restaurants, while breastfeeding is not the most necessary occupation. To guess it is necessary under feeding .7,7%

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