This is a petition from the US Breastfeeding Committee urging 
breastfeeding advocates to sign the petition being sent to 
President-elect Obama regarding our request to place breastfeeding in a 
position of priority as he develops his health care policies. Please 
consider signing the petition at the website listed below.

Marsha Walekr, RN, IBCLC
Weston, MA

Dear Friend:

We hope you will take a moment to help put breastfeeding on the agenda 
of the new administration: to ask President-Elect Obama to place a high 
priority on breastfeeding as an essential public health issue. There is 
virtually universal agreement among health care experts that, with rare 
exceptions, breastfeeding is the optimal method of feeding all infants, 
sick as well as healthy, preterm as well as full term. In addition to 
the myriad health benefits provided to mother and infant, breastfeeding 
provides significant economic and environmental benefits for families, 
employers, and society by reducing health care expenses, eliminating 
the need to purchase expensive formula, and reducing absenteeism from 
work to care for sick infants. Learn more about the benefits of 
breastfeeding.

The United States Breastfeeding Committee has created a petition to the 
President-Elect, urging him to take several actions to protect, 
promote, and support breastfeeding.

**SIGN THE PETITION TO PRESIDENT-ELECT OBAMA**

In the coming months, our leaders will be focused on our economic and 
financial future. This time of crisis also presents an opportunity to 
remind them that working mothers are an essential part of our nation's 
economic security, just as the health of our children is a critical 
part of our future. A full three-quarters of mothers are now in the 
labor force. As government and employers cut back in response to the 
recession, many more families are struggling to cover the rising costs 
of health care, groceries, and other necessities. We need your support 
to ensure that in these troubled economic times, all women and families 
can access the resources and support they need to do what's best for 
their babies.

Demonstrate your support for breastfeeding by signing the petition now. 
And please don't forget to forward this message far and wide so as many 
people as possible get a chance to sign on too. Every signature counts. 
Sign on here: www.usbreastfeeding.org/obamapetition


Thank you!

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