The U.S. has infamously offered little support for working parents compared to its economic counterparts — and recent news from Washington is doing nothing to alleviate their burdens.
After a year of sitting on the Senate floor, the PUMP for Nursing Mothers Act failed to pass in June, leaving nine million potentially breastfeeding parents without workplace protections. The PUMP Act intended to close the gap left by the Break Time for Nursing Mothers Law, which was passed in 2010. That law only covered hourly workers, and required employers to provide the time and space parents would need to pump safely.
