I'm sure many of you have read this already but...just in case you
missed it.

Susan




WASHINGTON, Oct 05 (Reuters Health) - Breast-feeding
cannot be banned on federal property, under legislation signed by
President Clinton last Tuesday. The right-to-breast-feed provision
was included in the annual spending bill for the Department of
Treasury and the Postal Service.

The law prohibits the use of federal funds to "...implement,
administer, or enforce any prohibition on women breastfeeding
their children in Federal buildings or on Federal property." It was
added to the measure at the urging of Rep. Carolyn Maloney,
(D-NY), who earlier this year introduced the Right to Breastfeed
Act.

Earlier this summer, at an event held to underscore the need for
the bill, Maloney was joined on Capitol Hill by several women
who said that they had been asked to leave the National Gallery
of Art and other museums if they did not stop breast-feeding their
babies.

"Although many states have already passed laws to protect
breast-feeding in public, women on federal property have been
asked to leave museums, public parks, and even the US Capitol
Building," Maloney said in a statement.

"Experts tell us that breast-feeding is an essential practice for
ensuring infants receive the nutrients they need to develop. I am
proud that the federal government is setting the standard of
welcoming a woman' s decision to breast-feed her child in our
nation's capital and other federal property."

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