National studies indicate that breast-feeding is healthier for babies, thanks to the increased immunity attributed to a mother's breast milk. For that reason, organizations like the World Health Organization encourage mothers to breast-feed until children are at least 1 year old.

While no formal apology has been offered to Geary, her husband said that both the restaurant's manager and the franchise owner have contacted him, though he believes their calls were "insincere" and motivated by media attention.

What he and his wife want, Michael Geary said, is to save other women from embarrassment by encouraging Burger King restaurants to post small signs welcoming breast-feeding mothers or include a section in employee manuals referring to the Utah law.

"We're not out for blood. We just hope it makes business owners think twice about being so offensive in how they are treating their customers," he said. "I am sure this (is) happening to women every day in our little state and it really shouldn't be."

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