The breast-feeding of a baby is an important and basic act of nurture which should be encouraged in the interests of maternal and child health. A mother may breast-feed her baby in any location where the mother and baby are otherwise authorized to be.
(Code 1981, §31-1-9, enacted by Ga. L. 1999, p. 464, § 1; Ga. L. 2002, p. 1139, § 1.)
Cross references.- Newborn Baby and Mother Protection Act, § 33-24-58.
Employer obligation to provide time for women to express breast milk for infant child, § 34-1-6.
Law reviews.- For note on the 2002 amendment of this Code section, see 19 Ga. St. U. L. Rev. 209 (2002).