Moms in Doylestown have some extra protection against the sideways looks, snide comments and outright harrassment they might experience while breastfeeding in public.
A committee voted on Thursday night to recommend that the Doylestown Borough Council change a local anti-discrimination ordinance to include the accommodation of nursing mothers, according to Doylestown Patch.
Nursing mothers who experience harassment or who are asked to cover up or to leave a public place or business can now file a complaint with the borough for investigation.
Since 2007, Pennsylvania has had a law on the books to protect mothers. The state's Freedom to Breastfeed Act stipulates that a mother may nurse her child in public without being considered a nuisance, and immune to accusations of indecent exposure, sexual conduct or obscenity.
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