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Student Lobbies for Breastfeeding Breaks
Date: 11/17/2008 05:28 pm
A graduate student at the University of New Mexico lobbied the state government for a bill, passed earlier this month, requiring employers “to provide a private, clean space for breastfeeding mothers to pump their milk.” The campus initiative in support of the bill came out of a Graduate and Professional Students Association resolution for a breast-feeding support program on campus, which was sent to the school’s Board of Regents. Students felt the reaction was too slow, and changed tacks.
