Erin Luben, MPH, CD(DONA), LCCE

first published by Sundae Horn in Mothering Magazine in 2001

• I will nurse my child anytime, anywhere, no matter who is present or what I am wearing.

• I will bare my breast with pride and confidence.

• I will not apologize for nourishing and nurturing my child.

• I will not smother my child with a napkin or blanket.

• I will smile at everyone around me and ignore rude stares.

• I will know that I am giving my child the perfect infant food from the most efficient, ecological, and economical delivery system.

• I will know that I am giving my child the healthy start that is his or her birthright.

• I will set an example for women and girls, educate the public, dispel breastfeeding myths, de-sexualize the breast, and make the world a better place, all through the simple act of feeding my child.
  

North Carolina, in 1993, exempted breastfeeding from the criminal statutes, and at the same time, clarified that women have the right to breastfeed in public, even if there is exposure of the breast.

N.C. Gen. Stat. sec. 14-190.9
1993 N.C. ALS 301; 1993 N.C. Sess. Laws 301; 1993 N.C. Ch. 301; 1993 N.C. HB 1143

"§ 14-190.9. Indecent exposure.
(B) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a woman may breast feed in any public or private location where she is otherwise authorized to be, irrespective of whether the nipple of the mother's breast is uncovered during or incidental to the breast feeding.