Comments on: Progressive Legislation Proposed in Wyoming

By: Helen Call

Helen Call — Wed, 16 Apr 2008 16:22:24 +0000

I’m vitally interested in promoting breastfeeding and protection for breastfeeding mothers. I contacted our legislative representative, Kathy Davison, about the issue of breastfeeding protection in public. I’m excited that it passed in part. I think it is vital that we legislate for breastfeeding education in the schools. New York has been doing it for a long time and has available cirrculum available for others to use. Keep me posted in any news. Thanks, Helen

By: Breastfeeding 1-2-3 » New Wyoming Breastfeeding Law

Breastfeeding 1-2-3 » New Wyoming Breastfeeding Law — Fri, 02 Mar 2007 15:36:12 +0000

[...] Yesterday Wyoming Governor Dave Freudenthal signed into law a bill that exempts breastfeeding from the state’s indecent exposure law. The law is a far cry from the original progressive legislation proposed by Representative Kathy Davison. The bill was scaled back considerably after pressure from business lobbyists who feared that additional protections would cost Wyoming businesses money (you can read why I think that’s ridiculous). Any progress is wonderful though and I’m happy to see this breastfeeding protection put into place in Wyoming. [...]

By: Breastfeeding 1-2-3 » Wyoming Legislation Stalls in Committee

Breastfeeding 1-2-3 » Wyoming Legislation Stalls in Committee — Mon, 05 Feb 2007 13:12:59 +0000

[...] A push for broad breastfeeding protections in Wyoming ended quickly last Friday when the measure failed to make it out of committee by the deadline. In rare instances a bill can be revived later in the same session but most likely it will need to be reintroduced in the next session. I’m disappointed by this news as I particularly wanted to see enacted the provision for high school education on the benefits of breastfeeding. [...]