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Got breast milk? New state law celebrated

July 03, 2006
"I'm not a confrontational person, but I wanted to bring attention to the new law,"
- Kelly Kelley

Birmingham, AL - A handful of mothers who nursed their babies Saturday at Colonial Brookwood Village said they were celebrating a new state law that protects a woman's right to breast-feed in public.

The law took effect Saturday, and Kelley handed out badges to the other mothers that said, "Got Breastmilk? Alabama does!" Her 8 1/2-month-old daughter wore a shirt that said, "Breastmilk, the real comfort proteins."

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