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Breast May Be Best, But Pumps Get All the Attention

Companies praised for allowing women to pump ... but contact has no substitute

By Sarah Quinn, Newser Staff

Posted Jan 12, 2009 3:54 PM CST

(Newser) – The push for regulations that give US moms a place and time to pump their breast milk overlooks a major part of the age-old breast-feeding debate, Jill Lepore writes in the New Yorker. “Is it the mother, or her milk, that matters more to... Read full story »

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