In a disappointing and short-sighted move, California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger recently vetoed two breastfeeding bills. One was the bill I took the time to ask my state senators to support — SB 257 the Pavley-Employee Notification/Lactation Accommodation that would have required state entities to inform pregnant employees about the existing California law that requires workplace lactation accommodation.overnor Schwarzenegger believed that there was not adequate evidence that mothers are not aware of their right to workplace lactation accommodation. However, the California WIC Association sponsored the bill in the first place because it found that state agencies do not always advise pregnant …read more

Can one person make a difference? Does one more phone call to a state senator tip the scales in favor of a piece of legislation? When I received an email message urging me to call my California state legislators to support a breastfeeding bill, I contemplated those questions.olitical activism is important to me. Breastfeeding is important to me. So I took a few minutes to read the bill, SB 257, which would require state entities to inform pregnant employees about the existing California law that requires workplace lactation accommodation. After all, what use is the protection if women are unaware …read more