Kudos to Representative Abdul-Samad for recognizing a real need both for the health of our children here in Iowa as well as the financial health of our Iowa families.  It's amazing with what we know about breast-feeding and the health of our children, as well as how women are needed in the workforce to support their families and to perform the work, that employers aren't a bit more with it.  

 

As I read the first comment to the Register's story saying what's wrong with having to go to the bathroom for this, I do it a number of times a day?  Perhaps some of them need to try the “man boob” from Meet the Fockers (sp?) to get the full effect of sitting on a toilet or standing in a bathroom to try and feed your baby. 

Full Article in the Register

http://www.desmoinesregister.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=2008803170323