High court backs plea of lactating physician
Breast-feeding mothers are protected under state law and special accommodation must be made for women who need to take a break from medical licensing exams in order to properly care for their child, the state’s highest court ruled today. “We take this opportunity to extend protection to lactating mothers in the context of lengthy testing required for medical licensure,’’ Chief Justice Roderick Ireland wrote for the unanimous court.
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