How to Best Support Moms in Newborn Feedings

The rates of breastfeeding for the black population are lower than they are for the white population or the Hispanic Latinx population. The Affordable Care Act did include a provision to say that both breastfeeding supplies, such as breast pumps, should be covered by insurance. Some rural communities may not be able to afford lactation consultants to be available in the hospital 24-7. And then I think the other sort of structural historic issue in this country really has to do with the impact of slavery on the African-American population.