Supporting the Right to Breastfeed
Maloney To Hosts Nurse-In on Capitol Hill, Introduces Breastfeeding
Promotion Act
This is a request for volunteers to turn out for a very important nurse-in
next Thursday, May 5th at 2pm on Capitol Hill. If you can attend please
contact Lorrie Leigh. I need to get an attendance estimate back to Rep.
Maloney's aide ASAP. A good showing is important to helping this bill
having a chance to succeed this time round. Please spread the word to any
nursing friends who'd be interested and have them contact me as well, if
they are coming. If you, or a friend, has a very good story about an actual
instance of breastfeeding discrimination (workplace or otherwise) please get
back to me very quickly. The aide is also looking for a few speakers to
share stories at the event.
Thanks,
Lorrie Leigh
301-680-0324
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WASHINGTON, DC - Congresswoman Maloney will host a nurse-in on Capitol
Hill to reintroduce the Breastfeeding Promotion Act. The Breastfeeding
Promotion Act serves to promote breastfeeding which has been shown to have
health benefits for both the mother and child. The legislation covers four
purposes:(1) to amend the Civil Rights Act of 1964 to protect breastfeeding
by new mothers,(2) to provide tax incentives for businesses that establish
private, lactation areas in the workplace, (3) to provide for a performance
standard for breast pumps, and (4) to allow breastfeeding equipment to be
tax deductible for families. The purposes of this act are to promote the
health and well-being of infants whose mothers return to the workplace after
childbirth, and to clarify that breastfeeding and expressing breast milk in
the workplace are protected conduct under the amendment made by the
Pregnancy Discrimination Act of 1978.
WHAT: Nurse-in and Introduction of Breastfeeding Promotion Act
WHO: Rep. Carolyn Maloney (D-NY), Audrey J. Naylor, MD, DrPH, FAAP, FABM
Chair of the United States Breastfeeding Committee, Others to be announced
WHEN: 2:00 pm Thursday, May 5, 2005
WHERE: Cannon Terrace, New Jersey and Independence Ave., SE, Washington, DC
INCLEMENT WEATHER ROOM: TBA
Kathleen Fallon Pasakarnis, M.Ed. IBCLC
Nurturing Family Lactation and Parenting Services
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