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Date: | Sat, 7 May 2005 15:12:49 EDT |
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On Thursday, May 6, Congresswoman Carolyn Maloney held a press conference to
announce the re-filing of her Breastfeeding Promotion Bill. It is the same as
the previous bill and will be filed next week. The bill is aimed to protect
women under civil rights laws from being discriminated against or being fired
for expressing milk during their own lunch or break time. It would require
the provision of full information regarding safety of breast pumps, and will
give tax credits to employers who create a mother-friendly workplace for women
to express milk in a safe, sanitary, and private location.
Dr. Audrey Naylor represented the US Breastfeeding Committee at the press
conference saying a few words about the importance of the bill as well as
distributing the USBC press release and media kits. Congresswoman Maloney will
also soon have available three papers of interest to the breastfeeding
community: one will be an update on state breastfeeding laws, the second will look at
federal laws and bills, and the third is planned to look at exemption from
federal jury duty service.
Those interested in moving the bill forward can ask their Congressional
representatives to sign onto the bill once it receives a bill number. Anyone
belonging to an organization can ask that a letter of endorsement of the bill be
sent to demonstrate a wide base of support for such legislation.
Marsha Walker, RN, IBCLC
Weston, MA
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