Dear Lactnetters: Below is a letter that is going before the MO House of Representatives Public Health Committee Members concerning breast feeding. Thought you might be interested for general principles, but, if any of you would like to contact any of the members, please write me by private e-mail. I have a list of names and phone numbers. Section 1. Notwithstanding any other provisions of law to the contrary, a mother may breast feed her child in any public or private location where the mother is otherwise authorized to be. Section 2. Notwithstanding any other provisions of law to the contrary, mothers who are breast feeding their infants, who are twelve months of age or younger, shall be allowed a postponement from jury duty upon request of such mother. Section 3. All licensed hospitals, as defined in section 197.010. RSMo. that provide maternity care shall make a breast feeding consultant available to a new mother or provide information to such mother on where to receive breast feeding information. Section 4. Beginning January 1, 1998, every licensed physician who provides obstetrical or gynecological care to a pregnant woman shall inform all such patients as to the prenatal preparation for and postnatal benefits of breast feeding a child. i apologize for the weird margins. i still don't have the knack for this. deborah danzeiser