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Allow breastfeeding women in the state of Oklahoma correctional facilities to have the option to pump their milk.

Created by R.G. on August 10, 2013

In the state of OK, breast feeding is considered a "choice" not a "medical concern". That's simply not true. If a breastfeeding women can not express milk properly she can get Mastitis, plugged ducts, other breast infections and even breast abscesses. Not to mention the essential nutrition that is being deprived from her nursling that there is simply no equal substitute for. The state of NM passed a bill like this in April 2013. The 1st state to accommodate a breastfeeding woman and treat it with medical concern.

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