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[ID] 937 [Interest Areas] Concerned Citizen Health Care Provider Researcher [Comment] Combined with dismally inadequate maternity leave, lack of support in the workplace is one of the most impacting conditions leading to non-initiation of breastfeeding or early weaning. Recent statistics on the status of lactation programs showed that only 1 in 4 employers provide any sort of lactation support for milk expression. For government employers, the rate is only 11%. This is not a states issue, and it should not be left to the state to provide regulations requiring support for the working mother of a nursing child. Our federal government MUST provide strong incentive for our workplaces to recognize the importance of breastfeeding in maternal and child health and strong policy to create space, time, and support for milk expression or nursing of the child. [Topic] 
Worksite Lactation Support, Onsite Child Care, and Milk Expression
Call To Action on Breastfeeding
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