Editing Indecent exposure (section)

== Breastfeeding ==

[[Breastfeeding in public]] does not constitute indecent exposure under the laws of the United States, Canada, Australia, or Great Britain.<!-- do not correct to "United Kingdom" - there is no specific protection in Northern Ireland --><ref name="Scotlandact">{{cite legislation Scotland| type=act |year=2005 |act = Breastfeeding etc. (Scotland) Act 2005 | chapter=1 | access-date = 19 February 2021 }}</ref><ref>{{Cite legislation UK |type=act |year=2010 |chapter=15 |act=Equality Act 2010 |section=17 |date=1 April 2010 |accessdate=19 February 2021 }}</ref> In the United States, the [[Government of the United States|federal government]] and all 50 states<ref>{{cite news|url=https://eu.usatoday.com/story/life/allthemoms/2018/07/25/public-breastfeeding-now-legal-all-50-states/835372002/|title=Finally! In 2018 it's legal to breastfeed in public in all 50 states|author=Sonja Haller |date=25 July 2018|newspaper=USA Today}}</ref> have enacted laws specifically protecting nursing mothers from harassment by others. Legislation ranges from simply exempting breastfeeding from laws regarding indecent exposure, to outright full protection of the right to nurse.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/08/01/map-where-its-legal-to-breastfeed-in-public_n_5637301.html|title=These Are All The States Where It's Legal To Breastfeed In Public|last=Samakow|first=Jessica|date=1 August 2014|work=Huffington Post|access-date=2 March 2018|language=en-US}}</ref>

In some jurisdictions, such as Northern Ireland, other laws not specific to breastfeeding are used to protect those who breastfeed.<ref>{{cite news |title=Law planned to protect mums breastfeeding in public |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-northern-ireland-38558280 |work=BBC News |date=9 January 2017 |quote=Currently, breastfeeding mothers in Northern Ireland are protected by sex discrimination laws that prohibit anyone from treating a woman unfavourably because she is breastfeeding.}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Breastfeeding and Work |url=https://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/business/breastfeeding-and-work/28514118.html |work=BelfastTelegraph.co.uk |date=27 January 2010}}</ref>