I am nomail for the moment, so I don't know if this has made the  
rounds yet.

from the Boston Globe 9/17/07

Naomi Bar-Yam

Mom sues med exam board
Sophie Currier, the Harvard PhD, medical student and nursing mother  
who was denied extra time to pump her breasts during an all-day exam  
of medical knowledge, is suing the board that administers the exam.

Her lawyer, Christine Smith Collins, is asking a federal court for an  
immediate order requiring the National Board of Medical Examiners to  
provide extra time and an appropriate place for pumping. Currier  
plans to take the clinical knowledge exam on Sept. 24 and 25.
Dr. Ruth Hoppe, chairwoman of the governing board that oversees the  
tests, said she could not comment directly on Currier's case, but  
that the board tries to keep the tests as fair and uniform as  
possible. At the same time, she said, the nonprofit board of medical  
examiners tries to accommodate test-takers with personal difficulties  
that do not qualify as full-fledged disabilities, such as breast- 
feeding, bone fractures, back pain, and bowel problems.
CAREY GOLDBERG

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Naomi Bar-Yam Ph.D.
Executive Director
Mothers' Milk Bank of New England

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