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Let 'Em Work, Let 'Em Nurse: Accommodation For Breastfeeding Employees In West Virginia, Matthew L. Williams
Let 'Em Work, Let 'Em Nurse: Accommodation For Breastfeeding Employees In West Virginia, Matthew L. Williams
West Virginia Law Review
No abstract provided.
Leaving Maryland Workers Behind: A Comparison Of State Employee Leave Statutes, Michael J. Hayes
Leaving Maryland Workers Behind: A Comparison Of State Employee Leave Statutes, Michael J. Hayes
University of Maryland Law Journal of Race, Religion, Gender and Class
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Marketing Mothers' Milk: The Commodification Of Breastfeeding And The New Markets For Breast Milk And Infant Formula, Linda C. Fentiman
Marketing Mothers' Milk: The Commodification Of Breastfeeding And The New Markets For Breast Milk And Infant Formula, Linda C. Fentiman
Elisabeth Haub School of Law Faculty Publications
This paper explores the commodification of women and biological processes, the confusion of scientific evidence with social agendas, and the conflict between marketing and public health. I assert that key actors in the healthcare marketplace - government, businesses, and doctors – have acted to enable weak medical and scientific evidence to be manipulated by ideological and profit-making partisans in a poorly regulated market. I focus on the unique role of the medical profession, which has acted with government and the private sector to shape the markets in human milk and infant formula. In a striking parallel to the pharmaceutical industry, …