In regards to her Twitter feed - I fully agree with her words and actions 100%. Please visit BabyMilk Action if you do not understand the implications of newborn formula milk being put on offer - it is in violation of 'The International Code of Marketing of Breast-milk Substitutes'. This protects all mothers.
Furthermore - I am tired as a breastfeeding mother for society to marginalizing breastfeeding mothers. We have to be 'modest' and 'cover-up'. I have never encountered more harassment and ill-words in my life than from people about me breastfeeding - and I say this as a mother who has also bottle-fed her other child.
People campaign for all-sorts of causes - from SIDs to various disorders. Why is it bad to promote or campaign for breastfeeding? Why is it so shameful or distasteful to be pro-breastfeeding? To make sure breastfeeding is presented as the biological normal way- instead of the 'best' thing that only a few select mothers can do and some anti-feminism modesty spooned-in.
I know of several mothers that have been asked to move, cover-up or had distasteful comments. It needs to stop. And I think if people are aware that if they shame a breastfeeding mother, then they should know it is not acceptable and will have ramifications. Why should we attack mothers who choose to fight when people shame them - and why do we judge them so harshly when they do, calling them "whores" ect? That is sexist and cruel, shaming women is not acceptable.
Moreover, I am vegan and go to McDonalds. Believe it or not, my partner isn't vegan and nor are my children - if we're driving long-distance we sometimes nip in there, I usually get a small bag of fries or a side-salad.
There is also the speculation of truth. Several newspapers have printed this article - newspapers inflame and lie - look at Hillsborough as a much more major example. I very much doubt that there would be any legal action, had the pool only been acting for her safety. How do you know the woman was in the pool when the wave-machine came on? Or in a place where it was unsafe, she may have been in very shallow water?
And people are not sterile, and breastmilk will get in the water from a lactating mother regardless if she feeds or not. I allow my children to swim under water and inadvertently swallow pool water - pool water is not harmful or dirty, bacteria (especially harmful bacteria like coliform bacteria) are kept under-control. It is safe.