High profile Quote by Gabrielle Palmer

“Women have the right to choose how they use their bodies and they cannot (and should not) be forced to breastfeed, but that does…

— Gabrielle Palmer

One reason the United States is one of three countries in the world that do not have any form of paid maternity leave is…

— Madeleine M. Kunin

There are proven health benefits for both babies and mothers who breastfeed, and it's unfortunate that it still carries an unfair stigma in our…

— Rashida Tlaib

“Damaging hospital practices made breastfeeding a near-impossible procedure and only women with alternative sources of support and knowledge were able to do it.”

— Gabrielle Palmer

Maternity leave is for women to hide and heal their disintegrating body.

— Ali Wong

“Women report that it is often other women who ask them to stop breastfeeding or leave a café or other public place.”

— Gabrielle Palmer

“Despite scientific evidence that (except in rare medical cases) anything other than breastmilk interferes with the establishment of breastfeeding and may do harm, artificial…

— Gabrielle Palmer

“In any emergency, breastfeeding can and must continue. It saves the lives of infants and young children, and of their mothers through reducing the…

— Gabrielle Palmer

“In this precarious climate of employment, achieving basic health and safety standards in the workplace is hard enough; to ask for maternity leave and…

— Gabrielle Palmer

“The excuses for female exclusion per se are strikingly parallel to those for breastfeeding couples. Women are ‘shrill’; babies are noisy; women need special…

— Gabrielle Palmer

“In industrialised countries, despite strong evidence, public health messages do not emphasise the risks of not breastfeeding.”

— Gabrielle Palmer

With women composing nearly half the American workforce and increasingly serving as the primary breadwinner for families, we can't afford to treat pregnant women…

— Valerie Jarrett