And the reason the law has to get involved is because we still live in a society that is largely intolerant. As much as I despise the gossip rags, I think it is a wonderful thing that so many celebrity mothers are sharing their motherhood with the rest of us. Thanks to their bravado and generosity in allowing the American public in on their private lives, they are helping to change censoring attitude that have existed in American society for generations. Did you know that in the early 20th century, it was recommended that the newly devised, mass-produced formula was more healthful for newborns than breastmilk? The situation became so dire, in fact, that by the 1950s, American women had almost lost the art of breastfeeding?

There are still several aspects of pregnancy and motherhood that are on a taboo-level of consciousness in our society. Until there is a serious paradigm shift in American (and indeed other) culture(s), I think it’s great that there are women in our federal government who are willing to go to bat for the rest of us hard-working citizens.