I do not live in Iowa but my best friend is organizing a Nurse In on Monday March 3 at 4pm to gain support for legislation she has introduced.
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Every Working Mother in Iowa Deserves the Right to Breastfeed Her Baby!
Call or email your State Representative and State Senator
Today to Support HF2292
Iowa has one of the highest rates of parental participation in the workforce of
any state—meaning we have one of the nation’s highest percentage of families
with either both parents, or the only parent in the home, working. Many mothers
are not in an economic position to stay at home to breastfeed a newborn; the
majority of mothers return to the workforce only six weeks after having a baby.
House File 2292 would require employers to make reasonable efforts to provide a
private place, other than a toilet stall, for nursing mothers to express breast
milk or to breastfeed a child on their regular breaks.
Expressing milk to continue the beneficial effects of breastfeeding when a
mother returns to work is not easy under any circumstance. Nursing moms need a
sanitary, private, and appropriate location to pump so that they can continue to
provide their infants with valuable nutrients, antibodies, and the irreplaceable bonding
experience between mother and child.
There are two ways you can help. But don’t delay! HF2292 must be voted out of
Committee by March 6th in order to remain viable!
•Come to a “Nurse In” at 4:00 pm on Monday, March 3 at the Iowa State
Capitol in Des Moines! Bring nursing infants and toddlers to the 2nd floor
Capitol Rotunda. Older children are also welcome! (Be prepared to sit on the
floor.) Please let your legislator know you are coming and would like to visit
with her/him about HF2292.
•Email or call your legislators and ask them to support HF2292. This is a
cost-free measure to protect the health and well-being of our youngest Iowans.
With Iowa’s mothers working at such a high rate, the least we can do for them is
to guarantee their right to a reasonable accommodation to express breastmilk at
work.
Look up your legislators’ email address at www.legis.state.ia.us or call them at
515-281-3221. You can look up the names of your legislators and the text of HF2292 at the same address.
Free parking and shuttle service to the Capitol is available if you park in the
ramp across the street from the Iowa Historical Building on East Grand Ave.
For more information, call Rachel Scott or Joanne Parker at the Iowa Commission
on the Status of Women at 515-281-4461 or 1-800-558-4427.
Read On.
Every Working Mother in Iowa Deserves the Right to Breastfeed Her Baby!
Call or email your State Representative and State Senator
Today to Support HF2292
Iowa has one of the highest rates of parental participation in the workforce of
any state—meaning we have one of the nation’s highest percentage of families
with either both parents, or the only parent in the home, working. Many mothers
are not in an economic position to stay at home to breastfeed a newborn; the
majority of mothers return to the workforce only six weeks after having a baby.
House File 2292 would require employers to make reasonable efforts to provide a
private place, other than a toilet stall, for nursing mothers to express breast
milk or to breastfeed a child on their regular breaks.
Expressing milk to continue the beneficial effects of breastfeeding when a
mother returns to work is not easy under any circumstance. Nursing moms need a
sanitary, private, and appropriate location to pump so that they can continue to
provide their infants with valuable nutrients, antibodies, and the irreplaceable bonding
experience between mother and child.
There are two ways you can help. But don’t delay! HF2292 must be voted out of
Committee by March 6th in order to remain viable!
•Come to a “Nurse In” at 4:00 pm on Monday, March 3 at the Iowa State
Capitol in Des Moines! Bring nursing infants and toddlers to the 2nd floor
Capitol Rotunda. Older children are also welcome! (Be prepared to sit on the
floor.) Please let your legislator know you are coming and would like to visit
with her/him about HF2292.
•Email or call your legislators and ask them to support HF2292. This is a
cost-free measure to protect the health and well-being of our youngest Iowans.
With Iowa’s mothers working at such a high rate, the least we can do for them is
to guarantee their right to a reasonable accommodation to express breastmilk at
work.
Look up your legislators’ email address at www.legis.state.ia.us or call them at
515-281-3221. You can look up the names of your legislators and the text of HF2292 at the same address.
Free parking and shuttle service to the Capitol is available if you park in the
ramp across the street from the Iowa Historical Building on East Grand Ave.
For more information, call Rachel Scott or Joanne Parker at the Iowa Commission
on the Status of Women at 515-281-4461 or 1-800-558-4427.
