Comments on: Mothers Needed for New Mexico Breastfeeding Legislation Hearing

By: Breastfeeding 1-2-3 » New Mexico Breastfeeding Law Enacted

Breastfeeding 1-2-3 » New Mexico Breastfeeding Law Enacted — Fri, 16 Mar 2007 02:46:54 +0000

[...] The hard work of lactation activists in New Mexico has paid off with the enactment of House Bill 613: Use of a Breast Pump in the Workplace (PDF). The new law states: A. In order to foster the ability of a nursing mother who is an employee to use a breast pump in the workplace, an employer, including the state and its political subdivisions, shall provide: [...]

By: DJ

DJ — Fri, 02 Mar 2007 04:02:30 +0000

Hurray! Glad something is being done in support of us breast-feeding mothers who must return to work. My boss has suggested that I pump in the ladie’s bathroom, when she herself is a woman and has stated she has breastfeed her children. How gross, unsanitary, among other things is it to have to breastfeed in the bathroom? I’m taking it as if breastfeeding is something we should be ashamed of, and lets make her breastfeed somewhere that is rather uncomfortable and most of all, completely down-right gross!

By: Breastfeeding 1-2-3 » Legislative Update

Breastfeeding 1-2-3 » Legislative Update — Sat, 10 Feb 2007 14:37:30 +0000

[...] The New Mexico legislation to support working mothers received unanimous approval by the House Labor and Human Resources committee hearing last Tuesday and now faces review by the Consumer and Public Affairs Committee. [...]