Security kicks breast-feeding mother out of casino
Posted: January 11, 2015 - 4:15am
BERLIN, Md. (AP) -- A Pennsylvania woman says she won't return to the Casino at Ocean Downs near Ocean City after she says she was told to leave while breast-feeding her baby in the lobby.
Alanna Panas of Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania, says she was trying to soothe her crying baby in the casino lobby on a rainy Jan. 3 when she began to breast-feed. But casino security told her to leave because the baby was not 21 years old and that the baby was a security threat.
Panas wrote about her experience online and drew wide support.
Ocean Downs posted an apology on Facebook saying that if any staff member did not help make the guest's experience enjoyable, the casino apologizes.
Maryland has laws giving women the right to breast-feed in public and private locations.