State Rep. Jared Moskowitz’s wife Leah had a horrific pregnancy last year — a series of hospital stays including surgery to repair a hole in her chest wall.
Due to give birth to twins this week, State Sen. Lauren Book, heard from expectant mothers in motherhood classes how difficult it was to breast feed their new babies outside the home.
The two Democratic lawmakers from Broward have joined to propose a bill to make it a little easier for women to have babies.
SB 650 and HB 669 would:
- Require stores or shopping centers to set aside a parking space close to the entrance for expectant mothers.
- Stipulate retail businesses “provide and maintain” a breastfeeding area “shielded from view” with a door that locks and a place to sit.
Only establishments with 100 parking spaces or more would be affected.
“Right now women have to go to the restroom with their babies (to breastfeed or express milk),” Book says.
She calls such an arrangement unfriendly to women and “unhygienic…Women shouldn’t have to sit in the stall in the mall to do this.”
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