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ROME, May 30, 2006 (UPI via COMTEX) -- Italian Parliament member Donatella Poretti won installation of a nursery allowing her to safely breastfeed her 3-month-old while at work, a report said.
Poretti, who had been required to go to the infirmary, threatened to breastfeed daughter Alice in front of her colleagues unless a healthier locale was found and House Speaker Fausto Bertinotti responded to her letters of complaint since Parliament reconvened three weeks ago.
A room previously used by parliamentary aides was converted to a nursery.
"I'm obviously happy with this result but I wish it had come a little sooner," Poretti, a Radical Party member, told the Italian news agency ANSA.
The Italian Society of Pediatricians says most mothers give up breastfeeding once their 3-month maternity leave is over and they return to work.
"We're lagging behind other European countries in terms of work creches and baby-care rooms," SIP President Giuseppe Saggese told ANSA.
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