Breastfeeding moms stage "nurse-in" protests at Target stores
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From CBS:
The nationwide protests began because of an incident on Nov. 28, when Michelle Hickman of Houston sat on the floor of the women's clothing department and began breastfeeding her infant who had just woken up hungry. Despite covering herself and the baby with a blanket, two female employees came over to her and asked her to move and threatened her that she'd get a ticket, Hickman woman wrote in a blog for the breastfeeding advocacy site,Best for Babes.
Hickman legally had a right to breastfeed in public, so when she called Target to voice her complaints, a representative told her despite her rights, Target is a "family friendly public place" with different policies than what's legally permitted, and suggested Hickman shouldn't "flaunt" her feeding publicly.
That's when Best for Babes stepped in, and with the help of a Facebook groupHickman started, organized the nurse-in for December 28, 2011. Leading up to the protest, representatives from Best for Babes reached out to Target in an effort to broker a truce and get an apology for Hickman. At the 11th hour, Target replied that it has a long-standing policy in support of breastfeeding in stores, and that the company would work to educate its team members on the store's policies.
The letter was too little too late in the organization's mind, so the nurse-in went on as planned. From Houston - where the incident took place - to Philadelphiato San Jose, moms across the nation brought their babies to Target stores to feed them in public.
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CBS News
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Date:
January 4, 2012
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