Breast-Feeding Mom Asked To Stop At Virginia Church

SPRINGFIELD, VA — A mother said she was asked to leave a Springfield church for breastfeeding her baby. Annie Peguero, a military wife and personal trainer from Dumfries, said in a Facebook Live video she was breastfeeding during Summit Church services when a woman urged her to go to the baby room. The woman added that church services were on video.

"I found out through asking questions and from what happened to me that this church basically advises and trains their workers to not allow women to breastfeed...without a cover," she said.

According to Peguero, church leadership confirmed to her that it was its policy to discourage public breastfeeding because it might make new and male churchgoers uncomfortable.

The mother believes her rights were violated. Virginia state laws allow mothers to breastfeed in public and private, and breastfeeding is exempt from public indecency laws.

"I so love going to church there, but I'll never set foot in there again, and it makes me really sad," she said through tears.

See the mother's full response below.

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