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Woman ticketed for breastfeeding while driving claims she did nothing wrong! ~Kethria~

  Author:  18527  Category:(News) Created:(6/21/2003 4:35:00 PM)
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Woman Faces Charges For Driving While Breastfeeding

A mother who was driving from Detroit to Pittsburgh is facing charges for breastfeeding her child while driving.



Highway patrol officers pulled over Catherine Donkers on the Ohio turnpike in Portage County.

Police say a truck driver spotted her breastfeeding and trying to drive at the same time.

Donkers, 29, doesn't think her actions were especially dangerous.

"I think there are lots of things that we do where we put ourselves at risk, just by the very fact that I am in a car and there's lots of car accidents every single day. And I think it would be reasonable to say that even that's a danger," Donkers said, according to NBC affiliate WKYC in Cleveland.

The mother told the TV station she fed the baby before she left Detroit, but that the 7-month-old was hungry again.

Donkers faces child endangerment charges, child safety seat violations, and was cited for driving without a license, the station reported. The woman claims she did nothing wrong and cites Michigan law that exempts nursing mothers from its child restraint laws. WKYC-TV said the woman has done research on the law and claims that since the turnpike is an interstate, drivers can follow the laws of their home state.

Ohio highway patrol said the woman should have abided by the state's laws while driving there.

Donkers said she'll fight all the charges against her.

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Date: 6/21/2003 4:38:00 PM  From Authorid: 44321    I know the baby was hungry ,but you can pull over for that at a rest stop,and not endanger yourself ,the baby( should not be out of a car seat while the car is on the road) and other drivers by breast feeding while driving.I would not even want to see a baby out of its car seat if she were the passenger,accidents do happen .  
Date: 6/21/2003 4:40:00 PM  From Authorid: 35720    If the baby was hungry, she should have pulled over.  
Date: 6/21/2003 4:41:00 PM  From Authorid: 16845    GOOD! Don't get me wrong I'm ALL for breast feeding and all that....But PULL over for goodness sake!! GRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR  
Date: 6/21/2003 4:41:00 PM  ( From Author ) From Authorid: 18527    She ought to have the baby taken away from her!  
Date: 6/21/2003 4:47:00 PM  From Authorid: 59385    I had to log on when my wife told me about this one,This woman should be charged with child endangerment. This woman sounds like she was more concerned with getting to where she was going than to use common sense and pull over!some people you have to wonder where their brains are,they're probablly sitting on them.  
Date: 6/21/2003 5:08:00 PM  From Authorid: 47699    This is ludicrous! In fact, I'm outraged! What she did was far more distracting than talking on a phone, eating, smoking or fooling with the radio. I have to agree with Dragon that she should be charged with child endangerment and maybe a few other things. Has that moron never heard of pulling over or a little thing that we like to call 'bottles'? She should be stripped of her license for this.  
Date: 6/21/2003 5:14:00 PM  From Authorid: 42792    What an idiot!  
Date: 6/21/2003 5:22:00 PM  From Authorid: 13897    now, Kethria- that is a bit harsh. she made a stupid mistake, but i don't think that necessarily means she should have her baby taken away. people do lots of stupid things while driving... they need to learn to pull over!!  
Date: 6/21/2003 5:26:00 PM  ( From Author ) From Authorid: 18527    If she sees nothing wrong with driving on an interstate with an infant in her lap, who is to say what else she thinks is OK? "Oh I just left the baby in the bath for a few seconds while I went to answer the phone" "I left the toddler alone while I went to the store because she was sleeping.." stuff like that scares the crap out of me...  
Date: 6/21/2003 5:32:00 PM  From Authorid: 47699    MB, it's obvious that she doesn't know how to take care of a kid so she shouldn't be allowed to have one. To think otherwise is just sick, in my opinion. I'm firmly behind Keth on this one.  
Date: 6/21/2003 5:47:00 PM  From Authorid: 57871    Hmm.. that seems terribly wrong man..
Date: 6/21/2003 5:49:00 PM  From Authorid: 13897    umm.. maybe parenting classes or something like that could help her. some people just have messed up views.. but she didn't intentionally try to hurt the baby. i just thought taking the baby away was harsh.. but i understand that things need to change if she wants to keep it. you don't have to call me sick because i saw things different than you.  
Date: 6/21/2003 5:53:00 PM  From Authorid: 47699    MB, you're not necessarily sick. My comment there was intended to simply open your eyes a bit and I see that it did so. Mission: accomplished. I think that, at the very least, she should have her license revoked and have to attend some of the classes that you mentioned. If she wants to be a parent, she needs to act like one. I don't think that's being too harsh.  
Date: 6/21/2003 6:03:00 PM  From Authorid: 20750    Why is she driving if she has no license? Why would she put her child & herself in that much danger? This woman needs help!  
Date: 6/21/2003 7:02:00 PM  From Authorid: 45906    okay A. not haveing a child in restaints B. not being able to control a moveing vehicle C. ( wana be mean) endagerment to chid and other moterists ill think of some more and be back but they do make breast pumps and bottles for that <para  
Date: 6/21/2003 8:00:00 PM  From Authorid: 62095    I have managed to breastfeed in the back seat while my husband drove. I stayed in my seatbelt and my son stayed in his seat. Everything was safe. But this lady sounds retarded. putting her baby at risk. Stupid people. *Cass*  
Date: 6/21/2003 8:39:00 PM  From Authorid: 13283    From what i saw , she was also talking on a mobile phone also . Talk about multitasking ! The nut should have pulled over , she put her baby at high risk . Razzy aka  
Date: 6/21/2003 10:10:00 PM  From Authorid: 42703    i agree that was dangerous!  
Date: 6/22/2003 8:49:00 AM  From Authorid: 15228    What?!!! What an idiot.  
Date: 6/22/2003 8:50:00 AM  From Authorid: 24003    thats some crazy mess! She could have pulled over.  
Date: 6/22/2003 12:39:00 PM  From Authorid: 53909    How stupid. She could of pulled over on the side of the road to feed the baby. The baby shouldn't even be up front either. She could of killed the baby and herself if anything went wrong. Stupid stupid stupid peoples.....  
Date: 6/22/2003 3:01:00 PM  From Authorid: 61933    okay, my daughter is 6 months old and I have enough trouble getting her to hold still so I can nurse her and be on the computer at the same time!!! She always wants to grab stuff. I could imagin her trying to grab the sterring wheel and having a car accident!!!!!!! Pure stupidity!  
Date: 6/22/2003 3:07:00 PM  From Authorid: 61933    (in the3 back while my husband drove)  
Date: 6/22/2003 3:07:00 PM  From Authorid: 61933    Cass, I have done pretty much the same, I actually have breastfed my daughter while she was in her car seat and I was in a seat belt.  
Date: 6/22/2003 3:36:00 PM  From Authorid: 4887    She should have pulled over instead of driving.  
Date: 6/22/2003 4:03:00 PM  From Authorid: 5061    you'd think,that leaving to go on a long or short visit,she'd have sence enought to have a bottle prepared before she left home.and SHE should have pulled over.I believe there are still places called rest stops.service stations with rest rooms,Good Grief.  
Date: 6/22/2003 5:29:00 PM  From Authorid: 22721    She should have pulled over! She couldv'e easily injured her kid! Dummy!  
Date: 6/28/2003 7:27:00 PM  From Authorid: 16705    i totally think she is wrong for doing that not only did she endanger her child but herself also, all she had to do was pull over and feed the baby, she could have killed innocent victims. Hamb918  

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