Please forward to interested lists : ----- Original Message ----- From: Ravnitzky, Gail <[log in to unmask]> Sent: Tuesday, June 29, 1999 10:17 AM Subject: Legislation on Breastfeeding -- REQUEST > To: Interested Parties > From: Gail Ravnitzky > Legislative Director for Rep. Carolyn Maloney > Date: June 29, 1999 > RE: urgent help needed on lactation legislation > > > Rep. Maloney recently introduced legislation (H.R. 1848) to protect a > woman's right to breastfeed on federal property where she and her child have > a right to be. There is a very big possibility that an Appropriations > subcommittee will take up this issue on Friday, July 2. (More info to come > on this, if we need you to call your Members of Congress about this issue, > we'll write again tomorrow and give more specifics.) > > THIS IS WHAT I NEED RIGHT AWAY: > > Do you know of any cases where a woman was asked/told to leave FEDERAL > PROPERTY because she was breastfeeding? This could include: federal > buildings, federal agencies, national museums, post offices, national parks, > etc. (PLEASE do NOT send stories about PRIVATE property at this time. > We'll get to that later.) > > Many of you have been writing to ask about the latest news on breastfeeding > legislation, and I am sorry that information has not been available sooner, > or in a more timely fashion. I will send more info soon on all of the > bills, the status of each, and how you can help. (Keep in mind that there > are several hundred of you and only one of me!) In the meantime, feel free > to check out our website at: <www.house.gov/maloney/breast/htm> for the > latest info. > > And please, if you know of additional stories involving federal property > where women have not been welcome to breastfeed, please let me know TODAY or > as soon as possible. My e-mail address is <[log in to unmask]> > THANKS!!! > > > > If you would like to be added to or deleted from our e-mail update list, > please contact: [log in to unmask] Please be sure to > include your full e-mail address in the text of the message. NOTE: If you > are receiving this message from someone other than Gail, she cannot delete > your name from the e-mail update list. > > *********************************************** The LACTNET mailing list is powered by L-Soft's renowned LISTSERV(R) list management software together with L-Soft's LSMTP(TM) mailer for lightning fast mail delivery. For more information, go to: http://www.lsoft.com/LISTSERV-powered.html