Airports With Lactation Rooms

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 with lactation rooms.

The provisions came from the bipartisan friendly airports for mothers fam. From beer to breastfeeding. Friendly airports for mothers fam act. Airports are now required to have lactation rooms in each terminal.

These airports offer mother s rooms nursing rooms or lactation pods. It was passed in 2018 and signed into law. A champion for maternal health. Previously airports could provide lactation rooms at their own discretion and while many did most failed to provide all that a breastfeeding traveler needed.

Many airports across the us have a lactation room but not all lactation rooms are created equal. A study conducted in 2014 among 100 airports found that 62 reported being breastfeeding friendly and yet only 8 of those met the minimum requirements for a person lactating or. You need a lactation space. 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.

In 2017 the friendly airports for mothers fam act was introduced with bipartisan support. Advocate for your rights. 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. But with a new mandate introduced by democratic senator tammy duckworth that all large and medium size airports have.

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. Eight of the 100 airports interviewed offered a private space other than a bathroom with an electrical outlet table and chair. Air travel is about to become a lot more comfortable and convenient for nursing moms. On friday a 2017 bill requiring commercial airports to have designated breastfeeding rooms available became law.