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Federal Lactation Laws
The federal PUMP Act requires employers to provide breastfeeding employees with workplace lactation accommodations. Additional federal laws mandate lactation spaces in certain places. Our guide can help you stay up to date.
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A Guide to the Fairness for Breastfeeding Mothers Act
The Fairness for Breastfeeding Mothers Act of 2019 (H.R. 866) requires certain public federal buildings to provide lactation spaces.
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Airports: FAM Acts
The federal Friendly Airports for Mothers Act and Friendly Airports for Mothers Improvement Act require lactation spaces in airports.
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Pregnant Workers Fairness Act
Reasonable accommodations for pregnancy, childbirth, and related conditions—including lactation.
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PUMP for Nursing Mothers Act
The federal PUMP Act requires employers to provide breastfeeding employees with workplace lactation accommodations.
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What Title IX Law Means for Lactation Support
Title IX requires federally funded educational institutions to protect students, teachers, and employees from all forms of sex discrimination—including discrimination based on conditions related to pregnancy and childbirth.
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Browse Lactation + Breastfeeding Laws by State
Parents in all 50 states have the right to breastfeed in public, and all breastfeeding employees are protected by the PUMP Act. Many states provide additional protections.
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Oregon
Oregon breastfeeding laws and lactation protections, including workplace accommodations and public breastfeeding rights.
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Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania breastfeeding laws and lactation protections, including workplace accommodations and public breastfeeding rights.
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Puerto Rico
Puerto Rico breastfeeding laws and lactation protections, including workplace accommodations and public breastfeeding rights.
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Rhode Island
Rhode Island breastfeeding laws and lactation protections, including workplace accommodations and public breastfeeding rights.
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South Carolina
South Carolina breastfeeding laws and lactation protections, including workplace accommodations and public breastfeeding rights.
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South Dakota
South Dakota breastfeeding laws and lactation protections, including workplace accommodations and public breastfeeding rights.
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Tennessee
Tennessee breastfeeding laws and lactation protections, including workplace accommodations and public breastfeeding rights.
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Texas
Texas breastfeeding laws and lactation protections, including workplace accommodations and public breastfeeding rights.
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U.S. Virgin Islands
U.S. Virgin Islands breastfeeding laws and lactation protections, including workplace accommodations and public breastfeeding rights.