1. Stop Shaming Breastfeeding Mothers
Karsyn Williams

2. In our society we find it acceptable for our young children to walk through a mall covered in posters of breasts, but unacceptable when a mother breastfeeds in that same mall. (Women You Should Know)

3. Women are recommended to breastfeed exclusively for six months. 76
Women are recommended to breastfeed exclusively for six months. 76.9% of women initiate breastfeeding but only 36.0% breastfeed exclusively for three months due to the lack of public support. (Hackett, Mulready-Ward)

4. Problem Breastfeeding is not being publicly supported
- The public views breasts and women as sexual objects
- The public thinks breastfeeding is gross
Women are missing out on health benefits
Their babies are missing out on the best nutrition and health benfits

5.
In the website debate.org users are asked if women should be allowed to breastfeed in public. In the survey 58% answered yes, 48% no. Yes No

6. In this video a women is being bullied while breastfeeding her baby in a target. Thankfully stores like target have policies that allow women to breastfeed anywhere in the store. (Tague)
(Terri)

7. Most state laws give breastfeeding mothers the right to breastfeed in public. (Samakow)

8. Given all the great things breastfeeding can
do for a mother and her child, people will still tell a mother she needs to finish breastfeeding in the bathroom, or she needs to cover up.
(Chalmers)

9. It is recommended a mother breast feeds her baby for 12 months.
The first 6 months the child should be exclusively fed breast milk.
(Nothnagle, Schwarz)

10. Breastfeeding can reduce the risk of Sudden
Infant Death Sydrome (SIDS), diabetes, obesity,
and Leukemia in babies if the baby is
breastfed past the recommendations. (Forbes)

11. When moms breastfeed past the recommendations they will protect themselves from multiple cancers, heart diseases, and other serious health conditions. (Ross-Cowdery)

12. It should be a law that every public facilities provides mothers with a nursing room, or a designated area they can have peace and quiet with their baby
Stop sexualizing breast
Educate other on the wonderful benefits of breastfeeding
Solution

13. There is an app to help mother find places near by to breast feed
called “Moms Pump Here.”
You search the app by zip code and you can find plenty of places near your location to breastfeed or pump.

14. Works Cited
“Breastfeeding In Public… This Comic Says Everything That Really Needs To Be Said.”
Women You Should Know. Jun. 11, 2014
Chalmers, Ashley. “Claridge’s hotel criticised after telling breastfeeding woman to cover up.” Dec. 2, 2014.
Forbes, Bettina “2011 State of Breastfeeding in the U.S.” Best For Babes
Hackett, Martine and Mulready-Ward, Candace. “Perception and Attitudes: Breastfeeding in Public in New York City.” Journal of Human Lactation
Nothnagle, Melissa. Schwarz, Eleanor. “The Maternal Health Benefits of Breastfeeding.” May 1,
Peters, Terri “See how strangers awesomely defend mom bullied for breastfeeding at
Target.” Today. Jun. 16, 2016
Ross-Cowdery, Meagan. “Counseling About the Maternal Health Benefits of Breastfeeding and Mothers’ Intentions to Breastfeed.” Jul. 21, 2016.
Samakow, Jessica.“These Are All The States Where It’s Legal To Breastfeed In Public.”
Huffington Post. Aug. 01, 2014.
Tague, Angela “Target's Attentive Breastfeeding Policy Pleases Nursing Moms.”