Aussie moms stage breastfeeding protest
Australian moms shut the mall down to stand up for their right to breastfeed in public.
Dozens of women joined the public breastfeeding at a mall in the Australian town of Bendigo, Victoria.
It was a reaction to an
incident in which a breastfeeding woman, Luci White, was asked to leave
the food court of the same mall.
She was sitting in the food court eating her lunch, when she began breastfeeding her son. Multiple people complained to her, before a shopping mall employee asked her to use the mother's room.
#Bendigo mum Luci forced to leave food court after someone complained about her breastfeeding son Zaydd pic.twitter.com/F8XoJbLUFk
— Bendigo Advertiser (@BgoAddy) February 24, 2016
Samantha Purden- White's friend, posted on Facebook she was "disgusted and appalled" at her friends treatment at the mall. It was this message that set off the outrage of mothers across Australia, culminating in the sit-in "Boobs for Babies" protest.
Dozens of breastfeeding mothers have taken over a Bendigo shopping centre food court, protesting against the eviction of...
Posted by 7 News Melbourne on Friday, February 26, 2016
The law in Australia is clear regarding a mother's right to breastfeed her child in public.
"In Australian Federal Law breastfeeding is a right, not a privilege," according to the Australian Breastfeeding Association.
Bendigo Marketplace full of breastfeeding mums! Beautiful, peaceful protest about mothers' rights to feed in public. pic.twitter.com/oH8r0scmfi
— Kristy Mayr (@KristyMayr7) February 26, 2016