Free to Breastfeed in Michigan

Mothers who nurse their children in public will be protected from discrimination and prosecution under bipartisan legislation signed into law on June 24 by Governor Rick Snyder. The Breastfeeding Anti-Discrimination Act, sponsored by state Senator Rebekah Warren, protects women’s right to nurse a child in any place that is open to the general public, including stores, restaurants and municipal buses. Under the new anti-discrimination law, owners and operators cannot deny goods, services, facilities, privileges, advantages or accommodations to a woman simply because she is breastfeeding. They also cannot post signs prohibiting public nursing. Companion legislation will ensure that nursing mothers cannot be charged under state laws prohibiting indecent exposure or disorderly conduct.

 

Posted by Patty Brennan on July 29, 2014 • Filed under
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