All of a sudden, [women are] at this intersection between a core part of being a mother—feeding your child—and being a professional. It literally feels like a choice between being a good mom, or good lawyer.
— Michelle Browning Coughlin, founder of MothersEsquire, a group with 3,000 lawyer-moms from across the country, commenting on the fact that breastfeeding accomodations for nursing mothers working as lawyers are still not up to snuff. MothersEsquire created a breastfeeding accommodations advisory committee in 2017, and the group is currently pushing for better accomodations in courthouses.
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