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from the Albuquerque Journal By Cindy Chavez And Erin Marshall / New Mexico Breastfeeding Task Force PUBLISHED: Monday, August 3, 2015 at 12:02 am When you think of all the benefits of breast-feeding, it’s hard to imagine anyone would discourage mothers and families from breast-feeding their infants. But it happens. Maybe not in the headline-grabbing ways we see in the news when a breast-feeding mom is kicked out of a public place for breast-feeding. No, more likely, discrimination against breast-feeding families happens in more subtle ways. These include workplace policies that make it hard for nursing moms to take breaks…

New Mexico Breastfeeding Task Force on kasa.com ALBUQUERQUE (KASA) – Since 1988, The New Mexico Breastfeeding Task Force has been collaborating with families, doctors, hospitals, employers, and communities to make breastfeeding the cultural norm. The New Mexico Breastfeeding Task Force has begun a new initiative to design, implement, and evaluate a “Breastfeeding Workplace Liaison” Program. 

Sen. Lisa Torraco thinks judges and prisons should go easy on pregnant inmates and set them free to have and raise their babies. https://www.facebook.com/krqe.kasa/posts/10153594975223082

El día de hoy los legisladores de Nuevo México pondrán en la mesa de discusión la propuesta para darle beneficios a aquellas encarceladas que son madres… https://www.facebook.com/video.php?v=806103986105710

http://hscnews.unm.edu/news/unm-hospital-receives-prestigious-baby-friendly-designation110414

Check out this video of the NMBFTF on the Morning Brew! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gsUmp5qFO8U&list=UUIBGTfBKee0lM8sJp4TOgUg&index=3

Check out this article about World Breastfeeding Week in New Mexico! http://www.abqjournalsage.com/2014/08/03/world-breastfeeding-week/

On Feb 13, 2014, KOB4 interviewed NMBTF Coordinator, Cindy Chavez about the UNM Bureau of Business and Economic Research Survey that will be administered in March 2014 asking 20,000 NM employers and private business what they know about New Mexico's breastfeeding laws. Read the full story here: Breastfeeding task force aims to help working mothers.