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No Extra Exam Time for Nursing Mom

Judge rejects Harvard med student's suit, tells her to take test later

By Jane Yager, Newser Staff

Posted Sep 21, 2007 11:25 AM CDT

(Newser) – A Massachusetts court has denied a Harvard med student's suit demanding extra break time during a 9-hour medical licensing exam to pump breast milk for her 4-month-old child. Sophie Currier, 33, sued on grounds that she must nurse her infant daughter or pump milk every 2 to 3 hours or risk medical consequences; the judge said Currier has other options.

The court said Currier could manage with the standard 45-minute breaks or take the exam after weaning her daughter. Currier called the ruling discriminatory, saying, "Men do not have to put off their careers because they are feeding a child." Currier has already failed the test once, when she took it while eight months pregnant.

Sophie Currier holds her daughter Lea while sitting in their Brookline, Mass., living room Tuesday, Sept. 11, 2007. A judge ruled Wednesday, Sept. 19, that Currier cannot have extra break time during... (Associated Press)

Sophie Currier holds her four-month-old daughter Lea Gallien-Currier while sitting in their Brookline, Mass., living room Tuesday afternoon, Sept. 11, 2007. Currier, 33, is scheduled to take her medical... (Associated Press)

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