U.S. Senator Tammy Duckworth’s (D-IL) bipartisan Friendly Airports for Mothers (FAM) Improvement Act passed the U.S. House of Representatives this month and is now headed to the President Donald Trump’s desk to be signed into law.
The legislation, which passed the U.S. Senate in July, requires that small airports across the country support nursing moms and promote breastfeeding-friendly environments by providing accessible, clean and convenient lactation rooms for travelers.
“When traveling, you’d never be expected to eat your meal in a bathroom stall, yet for many new mothers, that’s the reality they face,” Duckworth said in a statement. “Two years ago, with the passage of the FAA Reauthorization Act, Congress took the first step in making air travel easier for new parents by passing my bipartisan FAM Act. Now, we are building upon that success by ensuring small airports and their passengers aren’t left behind with the FAM Improvement Act.”
The FAM Improvement Act has been endorsed by over 85 organizations, including the U.S. Breastfeeding Coalition, American Academy of Pediatrics, American Academy of Family Physicians, Association of Women’s Health, and the Association of Women’s Health, Obstetric and Neonatal Nurses, La Leche League USA, MomsRising and the National WIC Association.
