Mother charged with breast feeding, talking on cell while driving

[Buttercup]

AP

KETTERING, Ohio—Police say an Ohio mother has been charged with child endangering after another driver reported she was breast-feeding and talking on the phone while driving.

The caller told police in suburban Dayton that he spotted the minivan-driving mother dropping off children at a school Thursday morning.

Officer Michael Burke says authorities used a license plate number to track down 39-year-old Genine Compton, who told them she was breast-feeding and wouldn’t let her child go hungry.

He says the child was younger than 2 years old.

Burke says the legal concern is that Compton had a child in her lap, not that she was breast-feeding in public.

He says she faces up to 180 days in jail and a $1,800 fine if convicted of the misdemeanor.

[CTR man]

When are people going to realize that you can't multi-task like this when driving an automobile. Driving in itself has enough dangers without adding to it.

[Rhino]

Another fine example advocating requiring a license to be a parent.

[mtaylor]

The dumb ***** said she would do it again if her child was hungry while she was driving.

[lewisipso]

She needs to do the same thing most drivers refuse to do. Do what you are suppose to do if a police car is behind you. Pull as far to the right hand side of the roadway and STOP! AND I MEAN STOP!! Feed the child, replace said child in the non existant properly anchored and approved child seat in the rear seat and continue about your way. Look at that......I'm a f@@king genius.



Oh, and have a nice day.