On Thursday, May 6, Congresswoman Carolyn Maloney held a press conference  to 
announce the re-filing of her Breastfeeding Promotion Bill. It is the same as 
 the previous bill and will be filed next week. The bill is aimed to protect  
women under civil rights laws from being discriminated against or being fired 
 for expressing milk during their own lunch or break time. It would require 
the  provision of full information regarding safety of breast pumps, and will 
give  tax credits to employers who create a mother-friendly workplace for women 
to  express milk in a safe, sanitary, and private location. 
 
Dr. Audrey Naylor represented the US Breastfeeding Committee at the press  
conference saying a few words about the importance of the bill as well as  
distributing the USBC press release and media kits. Congresswoman Maloney will  
also soon have available three papers of interest to the breastfeeding  
community: one will be an update on state breastfeeding laws, the second will  look at 
federal laws and bills, and the third is planned to look at exemption  from 
federal jury duty service. 
 
 
Those interested in moving the bill forward can ask their Congressional  
representatives to sign onto the bill once it receives a bill number. Anyone  
belonging to an organization can ask that a letter of endorsement of  the bill be 
sent to demonstrate a wide base of support for such  legislation.
 
Marsha Walker, RN, IBCLC
Weston, MA


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