Dear Abby: A Bathroom Is Not a Pumping Room
March 16, 2009 by Angela White, J.D., breastfeeding counselor
Filed under activism, breastfeeding, law, pumping
Today’s Dear Abby column “New Mom Reluctantly Uses Bathroom as Pumping Station” missed a fabulous opportunity to educate breastfeeding women and their employers about pumping at work. Here’s the response I will be submitting to columnist Abigail Van Buren.
DEAR ABBY:
You are absolutely right to tell “PRIVACY PLEASE” not to be ashamed of pumping at work. I hope you take it one step further and let her and your readers know that California law requires an employer to make reasonable efforts to provide a location other than a toilet stall for the employee to express milk in private (California Labor Code …read more
