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Normally, a woman exposing her breast would be deemed lewd and the woman would be guilty of a Class B misdemeanor. However, the Utah Legislature ensured that breastfeeding women could not be charged under Utah’s lewdness statute. Specifically, they enacted a law that states:
A woman’s breast feeding, including breast feeding in any location where the woman otherwise may rightfully be, does not under any circumstance constitute a lewd act, irrespective of whether or not the breast is covered during or incidental to feeding. Utah Code § 76-9-702(7).
Notice that the statute allows a woman to breastfeed in public whether or not she covers her breast.
If you are a woman who has been charged with lewdness simply for breastfeeding, contact a qualified attorney that can help defend your rights to breastfeed in public as the law allows.
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