Working and Pumping Mothers See Progress in Oregon, Montana and New Mexico
May 5, 2007 by Angela White, J.D., breastfeeding counselor
Filed under activism, breastfeeding, law, pumping
Laws that protect expressing breast milk in the workplace are particularly important because a significant number of mothers wean when they go back to work and do not find support for pumping. Working mothers in Oregon, Montana and New Mexico soon will join the ranks of the nearly one in four U.S. states that have workplace protections for pumping.
Yesterday the Oregon Senate passed a revised version of House Bill 2372. The House is expected to approve the minor amendments and Oregon Governor Ted Kulongoski already indicated he will sign the bill into law. The new law amends Oregon Revised Statutes …read more
