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From: Victor Velez, 76223.417
To: Lactnet Mail, INTERNET:[log in to unmask]
Date: 3/27/2000 11:47 AM
RE: CALIFORNIA ACTION ALERT - AB 1814 (Lempert) Jury Duty Exemption - Breastfeed ing
Hello Fellow Lactnetters,
don't know if you heard about this already, but if not please respond ASAP with phone calls to
your respective representatives.
Jeannette Newman-Velez, RD, MPH, IBCLC
CRP WIC Program
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From: "Strong, Brad", INTERNET:[log in to unmask]
To:
Date: 3/24/2000 6:56 PM
RE: ACTION ALERT - AB 1814 (Lempert) Jury Duty Exemption - Breastfeeding
> NO ACTION = NO LAW = NO PROTECTION FOR BREASTFEEDING MOTHERS
>
> Assembly Bill 1814 will be heard in the Assembly Judiciary Committee on
> Tuesday, March 28th around 11:00 AM. The bill requires the Judicial
> Council to adopt a rule to exempt breastfeeding mothers from jury duty,
> until they are no longer breastfeeding. Even though Jury Commissioners
> frequently deny mother's requests to postpone jury duty until they are no
> longer breastfeeding, there is strong opposition to creating this
> exemption in law. This is the only way to ensure fair treatment to
> breastfeeding mothers in all counties.
> Your immediate assistance is needed.
> 1. Please forward this e-mail to 5 friends
> 2. Call as many of the Assemblymembers (see list) as you can, especially
> your own representatives. Ask that they take the message in the form of a
> phone message to be given to the member. You can also indicate that the
> member does not need to return the call.
> 3. E-mail the members - This is effective but phone calls are much more
> effective.
>
> Thank you!
>
> YOUR ACTION = STATE LAW = LEGAL PROTECTION FOR BREASTFEEDING MOTHERS
>
> Message to Assemblymembers: "I strongly support AB 1814, to exempt
> breastfeeding mothers from jury duty. The bill will be heard in the
> Judiciary Committee on Tuesday. Please support the bill."
>
> Assembly Judiciary Committee Members
>
> Sheila James Kuehl, Chair (D-41) Santa Monica
> (818) 501-8991 (916) 319-2041
> No E-mail
>
> Dick Ackerman, Vice Chair (R-72) Fullerton
> (714) 525-0175 (916) 319-2072
> http://republican.assembly.ca.gov/members/72/survey.asp
>
> Tom McClintock (R-38) Ganada Hills
> (818) 368-3838 (916) 319-2038
> [log in to unmask]
>
> Robert Pacheco (R-60) Walnut
> (626) 839-2000 (916) 319-2060
> http://republican.assembly.ca.gov/members/60/survey.asp
>
> George House (R-25) Hughson
> (209) 545-9341 (916) 319-2025
> [log in to unmask]
>
> Patricia C. Bates (R-73) Laguna Niguel
> (916) 495-0730 (949) 363-2630
> http://republican.assembly.ca.gov/members/73/survey.asp
>
> Hannah-Beth Jackson (D-35) Santa Barbara
> (805) 564-1649 (916) 319-2035
> [log in to unmask]
>
> Wally Knox (D-42) Los Angeles
> (323) 932-1201 (916) 319-2042
> [log in to unmask]
>
> John Longville (D-62) Rialto
> (909) 388-1413 (916) 319-2062
> [log in to unmask]
>
> Kevin Shelley (D-12) San Francisco
> (415) 557-2312 (916) 319-2012
> [log in to unmask]
>
> Ellen M. Corbett (D-18) San Leandro
> (510) 614-0180 (916) 319-2018
> [log in to unmask]
>
> Dion Aroner (D-14) Berkeley
> (510) 540-3660 (916) 319-2014
> [log in to unmask]
>
> Darrell S. Steinberg (D-9) Sacramento
> (916) 324-4676 (916) 319-2009
> [log in to unmask]
>
> Patricia Wiggins (D-7) Santa Rosa
> (707) 546-4500 (916) 319-2007
> [log in to unmask]
>
> Audie Elizabeth Bock (I-16) Piedmont
> (510) 286-1670 (916) 319-2016
> [log in to unmask]
>
> Breastfeeding and Jury Duty - Stories from the Trenches
>
> Angela Ponzini - Menlo Park, California
> "I have been sick to my stomach for a week now since I have received a
> notice from the San Mateo County Jury Commissioner that I am not exempt
> from jury duty for the reason that I am nursing my infant! They
> highlighted "personal inconvenience and child care" are not legal excuses.
> This is completely outrageous. I can not believe that California State
> Law does not provide an exemption like the states of Iowa and Idaho for
> nursing and stay at home mothers with young children."
>
> Emily Roysdon, Modesto, California
> "In 1999, I was called to serve for jury duty in Stanislaus County, and
> ignoring my pleas that I was breastfeeding and staying home to care for my
> young son, I was bullied and thwarted until I finally gave in and reported
> for jury service. Despite all my efforts, I ended up in the jury box in
> preparation for a trial and it was some random whim of the defense
> attorney that dismissed me, 6 hours after I had left my son at home."
>
> Patty Campbell - Turlock, California
> "I was called to serve jury duty in Stanislaus county when my son was just
> nine months old. I was told that I either had to serve at that point or I
> could re-schedule until he was a year old. Because of circumstances out
> of my control, I made the decision to serve at that time and it was very
> difficult for us."
> Colleen McPeel-Bechtold - Belmont, California
> "Last year I received a jury duty summons and I sent it back saying I
> could not serve because I was breastfeeding my baby. I was not excused
> because breastfeeding my infant was considered a personal inconvenience.
> Personally I have never considered feeding my three children as a personal
> inconvenience. When I received my summons my baby was 8 months old, he
> had never received a bottle and at that time was eating very little solid
> food. He had never been away from me for more than two hours. I was so
> worried when I received the letter back from the Jury Duty office.
> Unfortunately my baby also has a very serious disease called Langerhans
> Cell Histiocytosis and he had received chemotherapy for 41/2 months during
> his 8 months of life. Breastmilk was the one thing I could give him which
> helped him feel better. Since he had been so sick and been in the
> hospital care at Children's Hospital at Stanford I was completely
> distressed about what I was going to do. I called a friend of mine who is
> a lawyer and she suggested I ask Stanford Hospital to state my baby could
> not be separated from me because of his illness. Luckily I received a one
> year deferral, now I am worried what I will do if I get called again. It
> has been one year and he still breastfeeds a lot. Currently his disease
> is in remission and I plan to breastfeed him until he is two incase he
> requires more chemo if his disease returns."
> Susan C. Jacoby - Clovis, California
> "I am a Lactation Consultant in the County of Fresno, CA. I have worked
> in this capacity for over fifteen years, and in this time I have known of
> a number of instances in which breastfeeding mothers, especially in Tulare
> County, have been required to submit to jury duty in spite of their baby's
> need to be with them in order to breastfeed. I have been told of
> instances in which mothers were subjected to lectures by court staff
> people about their own personal opinion towards breastfeeding, leading
> them to be told they can not be excused since their child "ought" to be
> able to take a bottle, "ought" to be able to be left with sitters, etc."
Brad Lee Strong
> Office of Assemblyman Ted Lempert
> State Capitol, Room 2188
> Sacramento, CA 95814
> 916/319-2021
> 916/319-2121 - Fax
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>
>
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