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Establishment prohibit breastfeeding will be fined in Rio

13/07/2015

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Law ensures that breastfed babies are at any location.

Companies can receive fines ranging from R$ 2000 to R$ 10,000. 

Learn benefits of breastfeeding for health of mother and baby (Photo: Reproduction / TV Morena)

Law guaranteeing breastfeeding in public places was enacted by the City Hall (Photo: Reproduction / TV Morena)

A law approved on Tuesday (7) by Mayor Eduardo Paes guarantees the right of babies to breastfeed anywhere in the city, be it public or private. According to the law, the clerk to address the mother saying she can not breastfeed on site, the property will have to pay R$ 2000.

Companies that affix placards forbidding breastfeeding in any place of their establishment, proved the falsity of these reasons, will be fined R$ 10,000 regardless of any official action, preventing breastfeeding a baby. In municipal bodies, there will be warnings stating that breastfeeding is allowed to encourage compliance with the law.

The paper, authored by Dr. João Ricardo councilors (SD) and Marcelo Arar (PT), gives right to breastfeed in all public places, such as parks, shopping centers or any other commercial establishment.

If the local offer some sort of insecurity, health and risk to the baby or the mother, the prohibition shall be expressed in poster and visible to the public. However, the establishment is caught by the prohibition, and this is found to be false, the company can receive the fine.

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