Breast-Feeding Ordinance OK'd in Seattle

Tthe Seattle City Council unanimously passed an ordinance to allow mothers to breast-feed at any time, place or manner, making it illegal for restaurant or store management to tell them to leave or to cover the baby with a blanket or towel. The ordinance expands on state protections afforded in 2009 to mothers breast-feeding in public. The new federal health-care act also provides protection for breast-feeding mothers.