Ask President Obama to Support Breastfeeding: Sign the Petition

Recognition and support for breastfeeding is often neglected as an important part of mothering. Help us put breastfeeding on the radar for President Barack Obama to ensure it is treated as a high-priority health issues and receives the support it deserves.

Our economy is in crisis and this nation’s leaders are looking for solutions to help our financial and economic future. This is an opportunity to remind the leaders that working mothers are an integral part of the work force and our children’s health is an important part of our future. 75% of mother contribute to our work force. During the looming recession many familes struggle to make ends meet specifically with regards to health care, groceries and other necessities for their children. Please support this petition to ensure that during these turbulent economic times all families are supported with the resources they need provide the best for their babies.

Let’s come together and show our support by signing this petition. Send this onto your friends, family and colleagues so we can give many people as possible the chance to sign. Everyone who adds their name will help to make a difference. Sign the petition.

The United States Breastfeeding Committee has as created a petition to the President-elect, urging him to take several actions to protect, promote, and support breastfeeding. The actions are:

1. Instruct the Surgeon General to issue a statement in support of breastfeeding urging all sectors (governmental and non-governmental) involved in supporting women, children, and families to improve their breastfeeding policies.
2. Enact a national paid family leave policy.
3. Endorse the World Health Organization’s International Code of Marketing of Breastmilk Substitutes as well as the Global Strategy for Infant & Young Child Feeding.
4. Ask the Federal Trade Commission to monitor infant formula marketing.
5. Ask the Food and Drug Administration to include labeling on powdered infant formula warning that it is not sterile and providing instructions on how to properly reconstitute it.
6. Highlight the benefits for employers of workplace breastfeeding support programs as part of your program to promote flexible work arrangements.
7. Urge all insurers to cover lactation care and support services.
8. Approve an increase in breastfeeding support funds for the USDA’s Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants and Children (WIC), especially to support the peer counseling
program.
9. Instruct the Secretary of Health and Human Services to recommend that all hospitals achieve the Baby-Friendly designation.
10. Ensure that emergency management agencies are trained in breastfeeding support and have breastfeeding supply kits available for distribution in emergencies.