Karl Stefanovic’s scathing message to judge who kicked out breastfeeding mum

Karl Stefanovic has sentenced a judge for throwing a breastfeeding mother and her child out of a courtroom.

The Today Show host attacked the judge and his decision to kick the pair out of Victorian County Court on Thursday.

The judge had told the woman he thought she would be a “distraction,” causing her to leave the room in tears and feeling humiliated.

An outraged Stefanovic slammed the judge for how he had treated the mother and shared a blunt message for anyone who agreed with the decision.

“I can’t believe in this modern society,” he said Friday.

“There will be people who say, ‘Oh well, she could have gone out somewhere else.’ Come off, what’s the problem?’

She was observing a case in Victorian County Court when the judge told her to leave.

“Ma’am, you’re not allowed to breastfeed a baby in court,” he said.

“It’ll be a distraction and I’ll have to ask you to leave.”

Former Olympic skier and politician Kirstie Marshall called the decision “extraordinary and disappointing.”

The subject is particularly close to Ms Marshall after she was told to leave the Legislative Assembly in 2003 while nursing her 11-day-old baby Charlotte.

“I thought as a modern society we were well past this,” she said Announce sun.

Melbourne obstetrician Nisha Khot described the incident as appalling.

“We have tried so hard to overcome so many barriers for women to breastfeed and for this to happen in a court of law is just not acceptable at all,” she said.

“In this country’s parliament and in other parliaments, babies have been breastfed.

“I don’t think there’s a public space where breastfeeding a baby should be unacceptable.”

The judge had told the woman he thought she would be a ‘distraction’, causing her to leave the room in tears and leave her feeling humiliated (stock image)

She said breastfeeding has long-term consequences for mother and child, so anything that stops could have an impact on their health.

People are not allowed to eat, drink or wear clothing such as sunglasses and hats in court.

Pregnant and breastfeeding women are protected by anti-discrimination laws in areas of public life, including work, schools, universities, shops, or rental properties.

However, the Victorian Equal Opportunity and Human Rights Commission website does not state whether the legislation applies to courtrooms.

Parenthood CEO Georgie Dent said it was incredibly humiliating to be asked to leave a place because of breastfeeding.

“It gives the impression of a sort of embarrassment around feeding your baby,” Ms Dent said.

“If we control people for that, we’re only increasing the isolation mothers experience and creating a situation where breastfeeding becomes much more difficult.”

Judges are exempt from civil liability on grounds of promoting independence.

The district judge declined to comment.