Forest Park votes to drop age limit on public breast-feeding

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By Angel K. Brooks

The Atlanta Journal-Constitution

"Lactivists" can claim victory in their battle to lift limits on public breast-feeding in Forest Park.

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About three hundred woman and children staged a "Nurse In" on May 23 at the Forest Park City Hall. Here, Grace Campbell, 2, sits with a sign saying "We Eat At Mom's."

Phil Skinner, pskinner@ajc.com About three hundred woman and children staged a "Nurse In" on May 23 at the Forest Park City Hall. Here, Grace Campbell, 2, sits with a sign saying "We Eat At Mom's."

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The city council voted Monday night to amend the public indecency ordinance that banned public breast-feeding of children over the age of 2, Channel 2 Action News reports. The new ordinance drops the age limit, allowing mothers to nurse their children for as long as they wish.

City leaders told Channel 2 that the ordinance was changed as a result of the public's reaction.

More than 300 breast-feeding women and their supporters participated in a "nurse-in" May 23 in front of the Forest Park City Hall to protest the new law.

Protest organizers, some calling themselves "lactivists," said the law interfered with letting the child determine when he or she will stop nursing.

City attorney Robert Mack Jr. previously said the ordinance was aimed at public nudity and not breast-feeding.