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119-hres-662119th Congress

Expressing support for the designation of the week of August 25 through August 31, 2025, as "Black Breastfeeding Week".

Sponsored By: Representative Adams, Alma S. [D-NC-12]

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Summary

This resolution would designate the week of August 25–31, 2025 as "Black Breastfeeding Week" and push Congress to focus on policies that address racial disparities in breastfeeding and maternal and infant health. It highlights barriers Black mothers face and calls for actions like paid leave, workplace lactation spaces, and investments in housing, nutrition, and health care.

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  • Families and infants: Notes lower breastfeeding initiation for Black mothers (74% vs 85% for White mothers) and that breastfeeding for at least three months is linked to a 38% lower risk of infant death. This frames breastfeeding as a life and health equity issue.
  • Working parents and employers: Emphasizes workplace barriers. One in four mothers return to work within two weeks and 60% of working breastfeeding mothers report expressing milk in inadequate or unsanitary places.
  • Policy and community supports: Urges Congress to support affordable health care, paid parental leave, clean water, nutritious food, safe housing, fair treatment in the justice system, living wages, and other social determinants to improve Black maternal and infant health.

*If breastfeeding recommendations were met more broadly, it could save the U.S. economy about $13.0 billion per year in pediatric health costs and premature deaths.*

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Sponsors & CoSponsors

Sponsor

Adams, Alma S. [D-NC-12]

NC • D

Cosponsors

  • Rep. Watson Coleman, Bonnie [D-NJ-12]

    NJ • D

    Sponsored 8/26/2025

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