Store apologizes for treatment of breast-feeding mom
COLUMBUS (AP) — A clothing chain has apologized for store employees in Ohio who told a nursing mother to go to a dressing room to continue breast-feeding.
A 2005 Ohio law gives women legal protections to breast-feed in public.
Bonnie Morris says she was being discreet as she nursed her baby Tuesday while shopping at an American Eagle Outfitters store in Columbus.
She says two clerks suggested that she go to the changing room. Morris says one said in an urgent tone that the store recommended the move and ordered her to come along.
Spokeswoman Jani Strand with Pittsburgh-based American Eagle called Morris Wednesday to apologize. Strand says the workers were trying to offer Morris privacy but says the chain will give a “refresher” on breast-feeding laws.