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Politics : Sharks in the Septic Tank -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Lane3 who wrote (13564)	5/14/2001 5:58:41 PM
From: Lane3	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 82486

I happened upon this timely article today. Tucson, Arizona Monday, 14 May 2001 Breast-feeding gains Politicians around the nation favor laws to encourage and aid mothers at work, in public By David Crary THE ASSOCIATED PRESS NEW YORK - In a nation that values motherhood even ahead of apple pie, politicians have found a way to show they're pro-mom - passing bill after bill defending and promoting breast-feeding. Lawmakers in a half-dozen states have been working on breast-feeding bills this year. Since 1994, when New York enacted a groundbreaking breast-feeder's rights law, 30 legislatures and Congress have approved some type of measure supporting nursing mothers. It is a cause that can unite left-leaning feminists with conservatives. Often, the bills have little or no opposition. Yet breast-feeding proponents, even as they welcome the legislation, say the United States still lags woefully behind most other nations in encouraging the practice. "As a society, we associate the breast with something sexual rather than with a basic act of nurture," said Elizabeth Baldwin, a Miami attorney who monitors breast-feeding legislation. (In Arizona, the Legislature did not pursue bills on breast-feeding this year. The Department of Health Services, however, has a program promoting the practice, including a pilot program aimed at having mothers bring their babies to work to feed them, spokesman Michael Murphy said. "We do promote breast-feeding as a matter of public health," Murphy said.) The recent laws fall into four basic categories: * Many clarify that women have a right to breast-feed in public, stipulating that the practice doesn't violate indecency laws and in some cases outlawing discrimination against nursing mothers; * Other measures encourage employers to accommodate nursing mothers at the workplace by providing time and private space for them to nurse or pump milk; * Some states exempt nursing mothers from jury duty; * Three states - Maine, Michigan and Utah - now require courts to consider breast-feeding as a factor in determining post-divorce child-custody and visitation arrangements. The Washington state Legislature approved a bill this spring exempting breast-feeding women from the state's indecent-exposure law. Louisiana's House of Representatives unanimously passed a similar measure after hearing of breast-feeding mothers ordered to leave shopping malls. "We're not trying to set up fines or create a breast police," said Sandra Adams, executive director of the Louisiana Maternal and Child Health Coalition. "We just want to say Louisiana supports breast-feeding." Health experts say breast milk is the best nourishment for newborns, although only 29 percent of American mothers breast-feed their babies until the infants are 6 months old.

To: Lane3 who wrote (13564)	5/15/2001 9:18:49 PM
From: 2MAR$	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 82486

Ashcroft's Faith Plays Visible Role at Justice as long as they don't start sprinkling holy water ,burning incense , kneeling on prayer-mats and bowing 3 times in the direction of the oval office... I guess it's OK ....though the ghost of Jefferson might start being seen wandering the halls of Congress soon. <g> Maybe , it is their way of telling us all in the country...that with increasing energy costs and scarcity , the spectre of recession and stagflation , more inmates than prisons can handle now , military escalation and the threat of attack and terrorism ...that now might be a good time as any to begin regular prayer sessions.