The Washington Post, March, 11, 2007
A RIGHT FOR MOMS AND BABIES
The District Needs a Law to Protect the Need to Breast-Feed
A mother is forced to pump breast milk while sitting in her office toilet stall, balancing the pump on one knee. A mother comforting her baby at the pediatrician's office is ordered to stop breast-feeding. A mother argues for permission to nurse her hungry 2-month-old son while waiting to apply for his passport at a District post office.
After hearing these stories and many like them, local attorney Micah Salb decided something had to be done to protect the rights of breast-feeding women in the District. [ read on ]