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Breastfeeding counselors avoid one needless license, but others remain

By Kathy Sanchez, Daryl James
Published March 13, 2022 5:00am ET
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Breastfeeding counselors avoid one needless license, but others remain
Nursing mothers trust Mary Jackson. As a lactation consultant at Grady Memorial Hospital in Atlanta, she has taught hundreds of women how to breastfeed over the past three decades. Doctors and nurses recognize her expertise. But Georgia lawmakers demanded more. In 2016, they voted to shut down all lactation consultants in the state who lacked […]

Nursing mothers trust Mary Jackson. As a lactation consultant at Grady Memorial Hospital in Atlanta, she has taught hundreds of women how to breastfeed over the past three decades. Doctors and nurses recognize her expertise.

But Georgia lawmakers demanded more.

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