# Presentation: 087712

## Marshall Space Flight CenterNursing Mothers’ Program:Lactation Rooms

***Billie Swinford***
***Equal Opportunity Office***

***June  2003***

## To provide an accommodation for nursing mothers to lactate at MSFC during working hours supported by OPM policy.

***To provide an accommodation for nursing mothers to lactate at MSFC during working hours supported by OPM policy.***

## OPM says 
“Conference Report 107-253, accompanying Public Law 107-67, which was enacted on November 12, 2001, cited the following in Section 631: Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a woman may breastfeed her child at any location in a Federal building or on Federal property, if the woman and her child are otherwise authorized to be present at the location.”

Legislation :
Right to Breast Feed Act (H.R. 1848)
Ensures a woman’s right to breast feed her child on Federal Property

Pregnancy Discrimination Act Amendment of 1999 (H.R. 1478) :
Protects breast feeding under civil rights law.  Until now the courts have not interpreted the wording  “pregnancy, childbirth  and related medical conditions”   to include breast feeding as illegal grounds for employment decisions.

***“******Conference Report 107-253, accompanying Public Law 107-67, which was enacted on November 12, 2001, cited the following in Section 631: Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a woman may breastfeed her child at any location in a Federal building or on Federal property, if the woman and her child are otherwise authorized to be present at the location.”***
***Legislation :***
***Right to Breast Feed Act (H.R. 1848)***
***Ensures a woman’s right to breast feed her child on Federal Property***
***Pregnancy Discrimination Act Amendment of 1999 (H.R. 1478) :***
***Protects breast feeding under civil rights law.  Until now the courts have not interpreted the wording  “pregnancy, childbirth  and related medical conditions”   to include breast feeding as illegal grounds for employment decisions.***

***Federal Policy***

## Agencies that have implemented  Nursing Mothers’ Programs:

***National Security Agency***
***U.S. Department of Agriculture Food and Nutrition Service***
***U.S. Office of Personnel Management***
***National Institute of Health***
***U.S. State Department***
***U.S. Department of Transportation***
***U.S. General Accounting Office***
***U.S. Department of Labor***
***NASA GSFC***

***Precedents***

## MSFC’s Implementation Plan

***Implement lactation rooms across the Center using a grass-roots,  “no-cost-to Government” approach:***
***Use existing spaces***
***Use excess tables, chairs, temporary partitions***
***Provide signage for doors***

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## MSFC’s Implementation Plan

***Two rooms are already established:***
***	******Building 4663, room A270***
***	******Building 4487, room B100L***

***First Phase:***

## MSFC’s Implementation Plan 

***Building 4708, room 243***
***Building 4755, room 108 ******(Now Available!)***
***New Marshall Child Development Center***
***Building 4623, room 105 ******(Now Available!)***
***Propulsion Research Center***
***Medical Center***

***Second Phase:***

***Building 4583, room 158 ******(Now Available!)***
***Building 4666, room 286***
***Building 4610, room 2041 ******(Now Available!)***
***Building 4200, basement ******(Now Available!)***
***Building 4711, room W115***

## Next Steps

***Outreach:***
*** ******Building Managers’ Meeting***
*** ‘******Super Mom’ Kickoff Meeting***
*** ******Marshall Star Article***
*** ******Inside Marshall, Intercom***
*** ******Equal Opportunity Website***