Health Reform Law: Protections for Breastfeeding Women

A provision in the federal health reform law (PL 111-148) requiring employers to provide breastfeeding women with break times and a private place to express milk or breastfeed their infants is a “huge victory” for breastfeeding advocates who have been fighting for a national measure since at least 1992 , the Washington Business Journal reports. As recently as last summer, the Ohio Supreme Court ruled that it was legal for an employer to fire a woman who took breaks to express milk. The law also could provide significant cost savings for employers, “with more breast-fed children leading to fewer sick days and fewer diseases,” the Journal reports.

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