Life-size cut-outs of breastfeeding moms popping up around northern Ontario city
Four women and their nursing infants have become the poster children for a northern Ontario community’s campaign to reduce the stigma around breastfeeding in public.
The Porcupine Health Unit in Timmins, Ont., launched a campaign this week that will have life-size metal cut-outs of the local women nursing their children displayed around the city.
The initiative is to remind people that breastfeeding is healthy and natural, and that women shouldn’t be discouraged from nursing in public spaces, health unit nurse Meagan Potvin said.
“I think there is some misinformation about nursing in general,” Potvin said. “(Some) have that belief that if a mother is nursing her baby, then we see it all, and that really is not the case. If a mother is comfortable and nursing, she is fully protected by law.”