Federal

Contact U.S. Representatives

• Submit an online letter requesting your legislators move the Breastfeeding Promotion Act for passage .  This Act would protect the rights of breastfeeding mothers who return to the workplace. The five provisions of the bill include: amending the Civil Rights Act of 1964 to protect breastfeeding women from being fired or discriminated against in the workplace; providing tax incentives for businesses that establish private lactation areas in the workplace; providing for a performance standard to ensure breast pumps are safe and effective; allowing breastfeeding equipment and lactation services to be tax deductible for families; and protecting the privacy of breastfeeding mothers by ensuring they have break time and a private place to pump (this applies to employers with 50 or more employees).

• Join Health Care for America Now to help achieve quality, affordable health care for all and reasonable regulation of health insurance companies.  Ask your Congressperson for support using HCAN's online contact form. 

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