"What is the big deal?" Karl defends breastfeeding mother kicked out of courtroom
Karl Stefanovic has slammed the decision of a judge who kicked out a breastfeeding mother and her child from a courtroom.
The Today Show host ripped into Judge Mark Gamble, who ejected the wife of a prominent Melbourne Rabbi from Victorian County Court on Thursday after claiming she would be a "distraction".
The judge called for the woman to leave the court proceedings, prompting her to leave the room in tears and leaving her feeling humiliated.
Stefanovic condemned the decision of the Judge and shared a scathing message for anyone who agreed with how he treated the mother.
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"I think that's ridiculous. We were just laughing about it because it's so absurd."
"I can't believe in this modern society," he said on Friday morning
"There are going to be people out there who say, 'Oh, well, she could've gone outside somewhere else'. Come off it, what is the big deal?"
Today co-host Sarah Abo also shared her thoughts on the matter, saying, "How far have we gone as a community to accept that in our own courtrooms you can't do that? It's ludicrous."
Many outraged women have chimed in on the debate, with Melbourne obstetrician Nisha Khot describing the incident as appalling.
"We've tried so hard to get past so many barriers for women who want to breastfeed and to have this happen in a court of law is just not acceptable at all," she said.
"Babies have been breastfed in the parliament of this country and in other parliaments."
"I don't think there is any public space in which breastfeeding a baby should be unacceptable."
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