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<p>This CNN story (click on video below) has a great explanation of the section of the health care law that requires employers to give moms a room to pump breastmilk. The story covers the laws in other states and also has an interview with <a href=" http://www.merkley.senate.gov/"> Oregon Senator Jeff Merkley (D)</a> who put the wording into the bill.</p>

<p>I'm quoted in the <a href=" http://www.cnn.com/2010/HEALTH/04/09/breast.feeding.society/index.html">online version of this story</a>. (Good thing I compulsively check my email... reporter Elizabeth Landau sent me an email saying she wanted to talk). Here's <a href=" http://www.cnn.com/2010/HEALTH/04/09/breast.feeding.society/index.html">the link.</a>:</p>

<p><em>"There really is a lack of support for breastfeeding moms, and you see that in the statistics of breastfeeding rates," said Andi Silverman, mother of two sons and author of "Mama Knows Breast: A Beginner's Guide to Breastfeeding." </em></p>

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<p>I'm quoted in the online version of this story. (Good thing I compulsively check my email... reporter Elizabeth Landau sent me an email saying she wanted to talk). Here's <a href=" http://www.cnn.com/2010/HEALTH/04/09/breast.feeding.society/index.html">the link.</a>:</p>

<p><em>"There really is a lack of support for breastfeeding moms, and you see that in the statistics of breastfeeding rates," said Andi Silverman, mother of two sons and author of "Mama Knows Breast: A Beginner's Guide to Breastfeeding." </em></p>

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