I want to share with you an article on the front page Metro section of 
Tuesday's Washington Post about breastfeeding and jury duty exemption. A Va 
delegate from Fairfax introduced to the state legisalture abill that would release 
breastfeeding mothers from jury duty. A mother mentioned in the article had a 
difficult time pumping while on jury duty even though she was guarentedd the 
ability to do so. She wound up doing it quickly on breaks in the bathroom and 
had difficulty accessing a frig to keep the millk cold. I twas her experince 
that helped spur the bill.
    The bill which passed the Senate and has House of Delegate approval would 
make VA the 7th state per the article to exempt BF mothers from jury duty. 
The article is very positive and quotes the AAP and mentions the new guidelines. 
The governor supports the bill.
    I am sorry I don;t have the URL but I was very pleased to see 
conservative VA doing something so positive.

Allyson Michaels RN, IBCLC
Charlottesville, VA

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