Airports With Lactation Rooms

On friday october 5 2018 the president signed the five year reauthorization of the federal aviation administration faa which included language that requires airports to provide lactation rooms that are accessible to the public this requirement will go into effect in 2021.

Airports with lactation rooms. It was passed in 2018 and signed into law. Commercial airports will be required to provide lactation rooms at each passenger terminal building of the airport thanks to the passage of the friendly airports for mothers act fam of 2017. A champion for maternal health. Friendly airports for mothers fam act.

Eight of the 100 airports interviewed offered a private space other than a bathroom with an electrical outlet table and chair. On friday a 2017 bill requiring commercial airports to have designated breastfeeding rooms available became law. Previously airports could provide lactation rooms at their own discretion and while many did most failed to provide all that a breastfeeding traveler needed. It is important to note that 37 n 37 reported having designated lactation rooms and that 25 n 25 considered the unisex family female restroom as a lactation room two percent n 2 of the airports offered no comment as to what was available in the.

From beer to breastfeeding. These airports offer mother s rooms nursing rooms or lactation pods. Air travel is about to become a lot more comfortable and convenient for nursing moms. Dedicated lactation rooms will have cleaning requirements and facility service providers and custodians need become familiar with them.

By maricar santos posted feb 3rd 2017 at 1 56pm traveling through an airport as a new mom can be super stressful. Advocate for your rights. But with a new mandate introduced by democratic senator tammy duckworth that all large and medium size airports have. You need a lactation space.

The provisions came from the bipartisan friendly airports for mothers fam. The first thing to do when it s time to breastfeed in an airport if you aren t comfortable just finding a quiet corner of the terminal is to ask an airport worker someone at the airport information desk or even an airline s gate agent. Airports are now required to have lactation rooms in each terminal. Advocate for lactation support at work airports and stadiums.