BF in public in England

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c4it · 30/04/2008 21:07

I'm confused - what is the current legal position re bf in public in England? I thought it was a legal right but did I imagine that??

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bluenosesaint · 30/04/2008 21:13

AFAIK it is perfectly legal to breastfeed in public in England, but it is also legal to object and harrass a bfing mother.

Unlike in Scotland where it is illegal to harrass a breastfeeding mother.

girlfrommars · 30/04/2008 21:14

I think it is legal to BF in England, but in Scotland they passed a law making it illegal to harrass/try to stop someone BF.

theUrbanNixie · 30/04/2008 21:16

there was a bill proposed in 2007 to make it illegal to harrass a bf-ing mother so long as the infant was under 12 months old, however the bill was not passed.

BumperliciousNeedsToSleep · 01/05/2008 07:50

See this thread that i started

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c4it · 01/05/2008 12:31

Thanks all - nice and straight forward all round eh (NOT!)

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c4it · 01/05/2008 12:31

Thanks all - nice and straight forward all round eh (NOT!)

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