Earlier this month, every month should be breast-feeding causes a famous Brazilian model Gisele Bundchen a storm of controversy in his view that the breast is the law everywhere in the world.

Apparently, a passion that they maybe a little more than Gisele, "but his heart moved in the right place. He his statement a few days on his blog that it does not mean that it would be right, but still alive, and that the statement was taken out of context, but the press and media work. I say this because I think Gisele was an important job interview, and the expression of milk.

Gisele Bundchen wrote in his blog. "I'm on the importance of breastfeeding has nothing to do commentary with the law. It comes from my passion and faith of the children. Becoming a new mother has brought a lot of questions, I feel the constant search for answers about what could be the best for my son. It is unfortunate that in an interview that sometimes things that seem so black and white. I'm sure that if I sat down to discuss my experiences with other mothers to talk share a mere opinion. I understand that everyone has their own opinions and experiences, and I'm not here to judge. I think that life in this world, the most important thing a person can do, and it can be difficult. I think that mothers simply do good. "

Last week I wrote about how to safely store breast milk at work or from the baby for any reason. This week my article has a lot of challenges for women around the world and a cultural center government is trying to breastfeed their children.

October is breast cancer. Department of Health and Human Services, sponsors a campaign to encourage women to breastfeed. Nevertheless, in order to get articles and books about the health of babies through breast milk, 70% of women who start breast-feeding immediately after birth, and less than 20% of mothers continue to breastfeed for 6 months to optimize it. There are still many legal and cultural barriers, it is very difficult for mothers to breastfeed exclusively. Women often feel nervous and embarrassed lead with breastfeeding in public places, and often the task of breastfeeding.

A famous case in 1981 (an obstacle in front of the school) is a perfect example of a situation of mothers face discrimination.

Case Study

Janice Dike was a teacher in Orange County, Florida, which was released from the care of the child's lunch. He says that breastfeeding has no influence on his teaching and other school and work. The district court sentenced him, claiming that illegal to breastfeed in school. On appeal the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals, the decision was reversed. The decision says that breastfeeding is a constitutional right that can not be restricted by the state. This decision was again the case of Bowers against Shahar (1997), where the Court held that the Constitution does not apply to private behavior vice versa, but the law of the state should control the basic right of women to breastfeed the child.

What are the current laws?

There are federal and state laws protecting the rights of breastfeeding mothers and the social conditions create. Mothers should know that it can be a state law to prevent discrimination and to reduce anxiety occur in public places. Member States differ in the protection of women.

Forty-four states (and the District of Columbia and the Virgin Islands) have laws specifically allowing women to breastfeed in public and private sectors.
Twenty-eight states (including the District of Columbia and the Virgin Islands), provides that exempt breastfeeding from public indecency laws.
Twenty countries (including the District of Columbia and Puerto Rico), there are laws that protect women breastfeeding in the workplace.
Twelve states (including Puerto Rico), the liberation of women judges.
Five states and Puerto Rico are public awareness campaigns.
Individual states also have laws on their own. In places like New Jersey and Hawaii, so call a woman if to discriminate unfairly against breastfeeding in public places, and states like Missouri are breastfeeding only at certain times and places, and appropriate discretion.
Women can not feed a federal building or land, regardless of their status (accepted 1999).
Only Virginia, women can breastfeed their land or buildings owned by the state.

In my state, Connecticut, a law, the right of women to breastfeed a child in a public place and the employer is silent or express milk at work to protect, even if it is a very small company. This means that the employer must provide a breastfeeding or pumping during the meal and rest periods, and the employer must take reasonable steps to peace and a nice place to do it (not in the bathroom) to ensure .