Persuasive Essay On Breastfeeding In Public

Breastfeeding in public has become a controversy regarding letting nursing mothers feed their child in public and private settings such as restaurants. Even though the law protects mothers, stating they are allowed to breastfeed anywhere without being told to leave, some nursing mothers are being told to leave the premises because of the act of breastfeeding being considered too inappropriate for an establishment. An organization, When Nurture Calls, has developed posters and has placed them inside of women’s restrooms to illustrate how some mothers feel in a stall after they have been forced to leave an establishment to breastfeed. When
Nurture Calls is fighting for restaurants and other private institutions to stop forcing nursing mothers to
When Nurture Calls is fighting alongside the law by supporting nursing mothers who breastfeed in public or in a private setting, while McDonald's has broken the law on multiple occasions by forcing mothers to leave their restaurants when they begin to breastfeed.
The compromise that should be taken place is that McDonald's should follow the law and not
Garcia-Ramos 2 pressure mothers to leave their restaurant because they may be faced with lawsuits for not following the federal law.
The problem that is occurring to mothers today is that breastfeeding is being seen as an inappropriate act that should not be done in some establishments and some mothers are being pressured to go to the restrooms to continue breastfeeding or simply leave the establishment.
Some restaurants and stores are breaking the law by pressuring nursing women to leave to go to a restroom so fellow customers could feel more comfortable or forcing the mothers to leave the setting and accusing them of indecent exposure. In 2014, When Nurture Calls started the campaign to support and protect a mother’s right to breastfeed her child anywhere, even in public, without harassment from the public. The campaign was brought forth after the BH