Earlier this month, the past few months quiet, the famous model Gisele Bundchen in a storm of controversy on their opinion that breastfeeding should be a global demand is ignited by the law.
Gisele, the passion is clearly a new mother, maybe a little 'too reached, but his heart was in the right place. He retracted his statement after several days on his blog, saying they do not say what should be a law, but that was onlyenthusiastic and that the statement out of context by the press and media. I say this because I think Gisele has made an important conversation for the work and the expression of breast milk.
Gisele Bundchen wrote in his blog. "My goal in commenting on the importance of breastfeeding has nothing to do with the law. And 'my passion and faith of children. Becoming a mother has brought a lot of new questions, I feel like I'm aconstantly looking for answers to what might be the best for my child. It is a pity that in an interview at times things seem so black and white. I'm sure if I sit on my experiences with other mothers, there would be only replaced by opinions. I understand that everyone has their own opinions and experiences, and I'm not here to judge. I believe that life brings to this world is the most important thing a man can do and can also be the mostChallenge. I think as mothers we are all just doing our best. "
Last week I wrote about how to safely store your milk while at work or away from your child for any reason. This week is my article on the many challenges facing women around the world to meet both cultural and governmental, when trying to breastfeed their babies.
The month of August is Breast Awareness Month. The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services is sponsoring a campaign to encourage womenbreastfeeding. In spite of all the articles and books promoting the importance of optimizing the health of the baby through breast-feeding are, with 70% of women starts immediately after childbirth and breast-feeding less than 20% are still breastfeeding six months later. There are still many legal and cultural barriers that make it very difficult for mothers to breastfeed exclusively. Women often feel nervous and embarrassed when breastfeeding in public, and this often lead to renounceBreastfeeding.
A famous court case in 1981 (see Dike The board of the school) is a perfect example of a discriminatory situation that breastfeeding mothers face.
Case study
Janice Dike was a primary school teacher in Orange County, Florida, who was banned from breastfeeding her child during their lunch period. They said they do not interfere with breastfeeding their doctrine or their school and other activities. The district court dismissed the appeal and said thatillegal to breastfeed in school. On appeal, the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals, that decision was reversed. The decision found that breastfeeding is a constitutional right that can not by the states must be limited. However, once this decision in the case of Bowers against Shahar (1997), in which the Court held that the Constitution does not address private conduct, but rather than controlling state law, a woman should reverse the fundamental right to breastfeed her child.
What are the currentLaws?
There are federal and state laws that protect the rights of breastfeeding mothers and a favorable social environment. Mothers should be aware that legislation exists to alleviate in their respective states, in order to avoid any feelings of discrimination and fear can have in public places. States vary in their protection of women.
Forty-four states (and the District of Columbia and Virgin Islands) have laws specifically allowing women to breastfeedPublic and private places. Twenty-eight states (including the District of Columbia and Virgin Islands) have specific laws exempt breastfeeding from public indecency laws. Twenty four states (including the District of Columbia and Puerto Rico) have laws to protect women breastfeeding in the workplace. Twelve states (including Puerto Rico) breastfeeding women exempted from jury duty. Five states and Puerto Rico have nursingCampaigns. Individual states have unique laws. Places like New Jersey and Hawaii allow a woman to have legal recourse if they are unfairly discriminated against public breast-feeding and allow states such as Missouri breastfeeding only at certain times and places and with appropriate discretion. Women are allowed in any building or property owned by the Federal Food, regardless of status (adopted in 1999). Only Virginia, women of all lands or buildings owned by silenceby the State.
In my own state, Connecticut, is a law that allows the right of women to breastfeed her child in a public place and protects employers need to breastfeed or express milk at work, even if a company very small. This means that the employer has to breastfeed or express milk during the meal or break time and your employer must bear a reasonable cost for a room or location convenient for them (not a toilet stall) to provide for do.
Federal laws
InMarch 2010, President Obama signed into law on patient care and cost that is now an employer to give employees adequate breaks for milk for nursing or pumping milk for her baby for a year to express . The employer has the obligation to compensate employees for this time. The employer must also provide adequate space to do this (without bath). An employer of less than 50 employees is not required to do so, if it imposes excessiveHardness. Moreover, the Act is not intended to prevent any state law that provides even more protection for nursing home employees.
In the past, other bills have been proposed in Congress to try to breast-feeding rights that provide tax incentives for companies to protect breastfeeding rooms for employees, minimum standards for quality control of breast pumps and breastfeeding equipment tax deductions for breast and services to create. However, these proposals have not passed.
U.S. policy onNursing
In the broader context of world politics in the United States is not one of the leading companies in the world must promote breastfeeding as.
Important international policies in the past are:
The 1989 UN Convention on the Rights of the Child, ratified by every country except the United States and Somalia. This convention has been the basis for governments, international organizations and other organizations to formulate programsprovide for the support, promotion and protection of breastfeeding. In 1989, WHO and UNICEF have issued a joint statement entitled Protecting, promoting and supporting breastfeeding: Ten steps to successful breastfeeding, hospitals and health facilities are reminded to promote and practice supporting breastfeeding. In 1990, the Innocenti Declaration by participants at the WHO / UNICEF meeting on Breastfeeding politicians decided in Florence, Italy, which aims to createGovernments, since 1995 national breastfeeding coordinator and establishing committees and ensuring adequate maternity services to protect the breastfeeding rights of working women to implement. The Baby-Friendly Hospital Initiative (BFHI) was launched in 1991 by WHO and UNICEF to develop in the life of action for all maternity services, or call the free-standing, hospital-based centers of excellence within the support. Accreditation is granted if the center does not accept free or low costBreastmilk substitutes, feeding bottles and artificial teats does not offer, and has implemented the ten-step program to support breastfeeding. Since 2007, there were only 56 hospitals and birth centers in the United States hold the certificate friendly child. United States Breastfeeding Committee was established in 1998 (USBC), who works on defense based on the federal level. This is a group of 40 organizations that promote and protect and support breastfeeding in the United States'They focus on national issues. The committee aims to promote the implementation of the objectives of the Innocents 1990 for the establishment of a national breastfeeding committee. In 2001, the Surgeon General of the United States, the HHS Blueprint for action on breastfeeding, promote markets and support of breastfeeding in the community and allow the health system in the United States for the training of health professionals about basic principles of breastfeeding management and support within the councilHospitals and maternity centers, and to facilitate breastfeeding for women, to support the return to the workplace.
Suspended for women, discrimination complaints with the National Alliance for Breastfeeding Advocacy (http://www.naba-breastfeeding.org/) can be submitted.
The LaLeche League International (LLLI) is also a valuable source of breastfeeding legislation. In addition www.ncsl.org is a good resource to check the laws of individual states toBreastfeeding.
Completion
Breastfeeding an infant will offer a basic human right as a parent for the child's right to nutrition, health and care. Different countries have their own cultural standards, social, economic and political, but a basic protection guaranteed by the government is essential to uphold the rights of women in this field. With the recent legislation under President Obama, trying to capture the United States at the end, with the support of legal and socialto improve national targets to increase the percentage of breastfeeding at birth to 75%, 50% at 6 months and 25% after a year of life.
In the U.S., we have to go a long way in terms of acceptance of this practice very natural and beautiful. Keep the time to learn the facts so you can participate in discussions on breastfeeding rights, if you're at work, in a social situation, or even help each other learn how to breastfeed successfully. If you are aDoctor or lactation consultant, know that this is the most recent research available.
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