Breast feeding mom kicked out of Hollister in Galleria Mall in Houston UPDATE! SECOND UPDATE WITH PICTURES FROM AROUND THE NATION!
http://www.myfoxhouston.com/story/20436355/2012/12/27/breast-feeding-mom-says-hollister-manager-threw-her-out I'm in the general area, so I'm going to go in there tomorrow if I can and breast feed just to tick them off. If they try to kick me out I'm going to say, "Ok, I just need to make a couple of calls first. Gotta call Fox News and my lawyer." hehehe.
ETA: I did it! Parking is a nightmare at the Galleria! Nobody hassled me, though. Pic on p. 5
The official nurse in was today. I wanted to go back to the Galleria again but dh was having a fit about it so we compromised and I nursed in at the Woodlands Mall which is closer to us. Here's the pics.
At first I was by myself, but then this Momma showed up. 
This is Brittany Warfield. She's the mother who started it all when she was kicked out of the Hollister in the Galleria Mall in Houston. :)
Lakeland square mall, (I don't think the pic was labeled with the state). These women are being told by security that they can't sit, but they can stand. 
This one is somewhere in Fl.
Willowbrook Mall, NJ
This woman, and her two friends in Concord Mall in Delaware were harrassed by security. Here is a link to the story on them... http://usnews.nbcnews.com/_news/2013/01/07/16389791-breast-feeding-moms-say-they-were-harassed-by-security-at-delaware-mall?lite It doesn't look like it's going to be clicky, but if not I'm not sure how to make it clicky...
There's many more stories and pics from this nationwide event here... http://www.facebook.com/jennie.cashmere#!/events/191004591024062/192818427509345/?notif_t=event_mall_reply
Quoting loisl25:
Quoting Avetay:
In not in to but I'm in la and hearing this makes my blood boil. So....I'm going to my local mall and going into hollostrr and going nurse my 10 month old.
Tex. Health Code Ann. ยง 165.002 (1995) authorizes a woman to breastfeed her child in -->any location.<--
In Ca the law is "any location the mother is otherwise authorized to be." Yay Texas, huh? ;)
Quoting mostlymaydays:
If mom and baby are legally allowed in an establishment than she is legally protected while breastfeeding. If the place was a men-only athletic club, she'd be outside her rights. If it was 21 and over bar, she'd be outside her rights. Almost all establishments are open to the public. The mom in the Hollister store could press charges for harassment, at least.
But I'm with you on the store itself. It smells like someone busted a bottle of cheap men's cologne. I always pass by, quickly, and think how awful it would be to work there if you had a sinus headache.
Quoting DieselsMom:The stores are private companies.. they can make their own rules...and not having a nipple out can be one of them..she could have sat on a sofa in the mall, instead of INSIDE the hollister store, besides who wants to spend that much time in the store? they stink!
Quoting mostlymaydays:Considering that "Under Texas law, moms are allowed to breast-feed in public", how can they say: "The Galleria welcomes and supports a mother's right to breast-feed her child in public. There is no policy at the Galleria that prohibits a mother from breast-feeding wherever she may choose and we strongly encourage our retailers to do the same," Galleria Mall's general manager
Greg Noble says.
They strongly encourage their retailers to abide by the LAW? They couldn't legally make a policy prohibiting a mother from breast feeding there. Why do they want a big pat on the back for saying they are complying with the law?
hollisterco@hollisterco.com Please say something to Hollister about this.
I'm about 2 hours away as well. I'm tempted to do the same with my *gasp* 15 month old :)
AHHH I forgot my pump at home!!
- loisl25
on Dec. 27, 2012 at 6:54 PM