South Carolina Breastfeeding Action Committee
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 Last updated November 11, 2008
The
mission of the South Carolina Breastfeeding Action Committee is to coordinate statewide
efforts that publicize the need for legislation that will protect, support and promote
breastfeeding in South Carolina.
South Carolina is now one of 47 states THAT CURRENTLY HAVE legislation in effect
regarding breastfeeding.
In our continuing efforts, the SCBAC believes that promoting
breastfeeding as normal and natural in all settings is an absolute necessity. Thus, our current initiative involves promoting breastfeeding in the workplace and acting toward legislation to protect nursing/pumping mothers at their place of employment. Our mission...
~ To support breastfeeding/pumping women in the workplace, which decreases business costs for employers.
~ To help mothers maintain lactation, which helps build a highly skilled, capable workforce of women.
~ To foster a favorable climate for employers and their employees by pumping at work.
~ To improve the quality of life for all South Carolinians by mothers providing the gold standard of infant feeding, breastfeeding.
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Now a law in South Carolina, Act 269 of 2006 was initially introduced as H 4347 and sponsored
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Representative Chip Limehouse III:
The new law states - "The General Assembly finds that breastfeeding, if possible, is an important and basic act
of nurturing which should be encouraged in the interest of maternal and child health. A woman may
breastfeed her child in any location where the mother and her child are authorized to be. Breastfeeding a
child in a location where the mother is authorized to be must not be considered indecent exposure."
Governor Mark Sanford signed Act 269 on May 2nd, 2006.
How H 4347 became law through the legislative process.
SCBAC WOULD LIKE TO RECOGNIZE...
Select Health of South Carolina
& Medela for their partnership under which they have been offering free breast pumps to expectant mothers who are covered by Select Health's plan, First Choice (since 2006).
Roper St. Francis Healthcare and Belk stores for partnering to provide the Mother's Lounge,
a community initiative that provides nursing mothers with special private areas to feed their babies at all four Charleston area
Belk stores.
Mothers' Lounges Open for Nursing Moms and Babies
Holly Auer, Medical/Health Reporter for the Charleston Post & Courier and nominee for the 2006 Children's Voice Awards
awarded by Voices for South Carolina's Children. Ms. Auer was the "Large Market Print Media Finalist" for her coverage of
breastfeeding issues in South Carolina (please see the In The News
section on this site for her articles).
The following Members of the House supported the new law as bill co-sponsors:
Representative George Hampton Bailey (Dorchester)
Representative Jimmy C. Bales (Richland)
Representative Nathan Ballentine (Lexington & Richland)
Representative James A. Battle Jr. (Marion)
Representative Joan A. Brady (Richland)
Representative Joe E. Brown (Richland)
Representative Catherine E. Ceips (Beaufort)
Representative Gilda Cobb-Hunter (Orangeburg)
Representative William Clyburn (Aiken & Edgefield)
Representative Ben A. Hagood, Jr. (Charleston)
Representative Robert W. Harrell, Jr. (Charleston & Dorchester)
Representative William G. Herbkersman (Beaufort)
Representative Shirley R. Hinson (Berkeley)
Representative Herb Kirsh (York)
Representative Joseph G. Mahaffey (Spartanburg)
Representative Denny Woodall Neilson (Chesterfield & Darlington)
Representative Michael A. Pitts (Abbeville, Greenwood & Laurens)
Representative J. Gary Simrill (York)
Representative James E. Smith, Jr. (Richland)
Representative Lewis R. Vaughn (Greenville)
Representative Ted Martin Vick (Chesterfield)
Representative J. Seth Whipper (Charleston)
Representative Annette D. Young (Charleston & Dorchester)
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| Events |
December 2008
SC House of Representatives Pre-Filing Deadline
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Become an SCBAC
Committee Member... |
If you have any expertise to lend our future legislative efforts, please contact Lin Cook at 843-766-6135.
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| SCBAC Endorsements |
"All of my boys were breastfed,
and we encourage more mothers across
South Carolina to breastfeed their newborns
to ensure a healthy start."
- First Lady Jenny Sanford
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| Breastfeeding Decals |
"Breastfeeding Welcome Here" decal for businesses
to display support
for breastfeeding families.
Slogan reads in
English & Spanish.
Cost is $10 for ten.
Make check out to:
SC Breastfeeding Coalition
and mail to Sharon Spriggs
624 Salty Alley
Mt. Pleasant, SC 29464.
Send questions to Sharon at Sprigola@aol.com.
Decals provided by:
South Carolina
Breastfeeding Coalition
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| SCBAC Thanks... |
SCBAC would like to thank Medela for their support
of our efforts.
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