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[ID] 685 [Interest Areas] Concerned Citizen [Comment] As a graduate student on a federal fellowship, I needed a way to take maternity leave but there was no mechanism included in the fellowship to do so. Many women in science face this dilemma at all levels of academia. If you work hard enough to win a grant or fellowship, you are basically 'not allowed' to take leave to establish good breastfeeding practices because of the time sensitive nature of the funds. This needs to be changed so that there can be flexibility in the granting of funds and a federal maternity slush fund not associated with the particular grant or agency for maternity leave pay for women earning their salary from grants or fellowships. [Topic] 
Paid Maternity Leave
Call To Action on Breastfeeding
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