Newest Flash Mob: Breastfeeding Moms

Women protest after fellow mom is kicked out of mall store
By Nick McMaster,  Newser Staff
Posted Jan 29, 2011 7:55 AM CST
Newest Flash Mob: Breastfeeding Moms
This undated photo provided by Kelli Roman shows her breastfeeding her daughter Ivy.   (AP Photo/Kelli Roman)

Not every Facebook-inspired flash mob is about toppling governments: A recent one in Canada has set off a national debate on women's right to breastfeed in public, reports AOL News. It began when a mother in Montreal got kicked out of a kids' store after she had discreetly begun feeding her infant in a corner. She then created this blog, which got picked up by other blogs, which led to a Facebook page, which led to about 100 mothers returning to the mall at a designated time to stage a public breastfeeding. Click for more.
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