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Call your representative and ask them to support breastfeeding teachers and professionals as they return to work.
posted on Jan 21, 2012 in Central Texas News, Current Efforts, Local News, U. S. by Janet JonesWe have not seen much movement in this bill, please call your representative or sign the letter below and show your support for working moms.
A recent article in Pediatrics estimates that we would save 13 Billion dollars a year in healthcare costs if 90% of mothers would follow recomendations to exclusively breastfeed their infants for just 6 months? See the full article here. All the info as well as a link to send a message to your representative are listed below.
On August 1, 2011, Senator Jeff Merkley (D-OR) and Representative Carolyn B. Maloney (D-NY) introduced the Breastfeeding Promotion Act of 2011 in both houses of Congress.
the Reasonable break time for nursing mothers amendment to the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) passed in 2010 made great strides in protecting breastfeeding mothers across the nation. But, it only covers non-exempt employees.
The Breastfeeding Promotion Act of 2011 (H.R. 2758, S. 1463) will cover the remaining portion of our working mothers including teachers, nurses, managerial positions, and other professionals that can not claim overtime when working more than 40 hrs a week. Please call your representative and show your support for these working mothers trying to give their babies human milk to support optimal growth and development.
This bill
- Amends the Civil Rights Act of 1964 to protect breastfeeding women from being fired or discriminated against in the workplace.
- Protects executive, administrative, and professional employees in addition to non-exempt employees to have break time and a private place to pump in the workplace.
Read full text of S. 1463 or check status
Read the full text of H.R. 2758 or check status
The Unites States Breastfeeding Committee (USBC) has a letter of support that you can easily sign and send to your representative Click Here to read and sign this letter of support.
Share on FacebookDisadvantaged mothers should breastfeed their children ‘to improve social mobility’, experts claim
posted on Oct 10, 2011 in Around the World, News from Around the World by Janet JonesBreastfed babies are smarter and have a reduced chance of behavioural problems in later life, according to a new study.
Researchers from the University of Essex’s Institute of Social & Economic Research (ISER) and the University of Oxford have spent the past two years looking at the impact of breastfeeding on a child’s development.
They found that it can improve a child’s social mobility by boosting its IQ in later life, and reduces the likelihood of a child having behavioural difficulties at age five.
Six per cent of full-term babies breastfed for four months have these issues compared with 16 per cent of formula fed babies, the research shows.
The group is now now urging the government to act on its findings and include the importance of breastfeeding in its plan for improving social mobility.
However,a report produced by the team fails to identify exactly how and why breastfeeding in a baby’s early weeks leads to success in later life.
The document, which will be discussed at a conference at the British Academy in central London on Wednesday says: ‘Aligning breastfeeding with social mobility may seem tenuous, but a body of research shows that an individual’s behavioural and psycho-social outcomes have a significant impact on adult earnings and education,’ as reported in The Observer.
Priority: Experts say the government should target disadvantaged mothers and encourage them to breastfeedThe report goes on: ‘If research can demonstrate the extent to which positive outcomes are the result of breastfeeding, rather than from social factors, then there is a strong case for encouraging breastfeeding from an early intervention policy that can improve a child’s life chances, particularly targeting young and disadvantaged mothers.’
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Health experts have said there is a large social gap in breastfeeding rates with more privileged mothers opting to breastfeed compared with the more disadvantaged, according to the policy document.
Dr Emilia Del Bono, an economist at the ISER told The Observer: ‘We need initiatives to support mothers not just to start breastfeeding, but to continue beyond the early days.
‘We know very little about the effects of breastfeeding at longer durations because so few women breastfeed for more than a few weeks.
‘It’s only when more women start breastfeeding for longer periods that we will have the data necessary to investigate.’
In the same report, a senior Liberal Democrat source said: ‘We expect the social mobility and child poverty commission to report on the progress of the indicators and to tell us whether they are the right ones.
‘The current list is a good start but it does not have to be the final word’.
Sec. 165.001 Legislative Finding
posted on Feb 02, 2011 in Texas by HMHBThe legislature finds that breastfeeding a baby is an important and basic act of nurture that must be encouraged in the interests of maternal and child health and family values. In compliance with the breastfeeding promotion program established under the federal Child Nutrition Act of 1966 (42 U.S.C. Section 1771 et seq.), the legislature recognizes breastfeeding as the best method of infant nutrition.
Sec. 165.002 Right to Breastfeed
A mother is entitled to breastfeed her baby in any location in which the mother is authorized to be.
Break time requirement for nursing mothers
posted on Feb 02, 2011 in U. S. by HMHB
Breastfeeding and going back to work - You Can Do It, and your employer will help.