Photographing breastfeeding women could lead to jail in England and Wales

This amendment is a result of a long battle by Stella Creasy, the Labour MP for Walthamstow, who was photographed while feeding her four-month-old baby daughter on a train in north London.

The British Parliament on Tuesday made photographing breastfeeding women in public illegal without their consent. People defying this can face up to two years in jail, according to the proposal put before Parliament. The proposal has been included by the Ministry of Justice in an amendment to the police, crime, sentencing and courts bill.

This amendment is a result of a long battle by Stella Creasy, the Labour MP for Walthamstow, who was photographed while feeding her four-month-old baby daughter on a train in north London. Stella took to Instagram to share the news of this achievement for breastfeeding women and thanked everyone who lent their support for the campaign.