{"id":167544,"date":"2023-06-29T03:40:19","date_gmt":"2023-06-29T08:40:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/?p=167544"},"modified":"2023-06-29T03:40:20","modified_gmt":"2023-06-29T08:40:20","slug":"lawmakers-seek-exempt-nursing-moms","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/2023\/06\/29\/lawmakers-seek-exempt-nursing-moms\/","title":{"rendered":"Lawmakers seek exempt nursing moms"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><em>VW independent staff\/submitted information<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>COLUMBUS &#8212; Members of the Ohio House of Representatives have passed legislation by State Representatives Roy Klopfenstein (R-Haviland) and Angie King\u2019s (R-Celina) to exempt nursing mothers from jury duty.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignright size-full\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"227\" src=\"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Roy-Klopfenstein-6-8-2023-e1688027936240.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-166933\"\/><figcaption>State Representatives Roy Klopfenstein and. Angie King have teamed up for new legislation. <em>Photo submitted<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Under current law, there are only a few exemptions for mothers and jurors that are suffering from a disease or illness. House Bill 34 will create a new exemption for breastfeeding mothers to be excused from jury duty.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cOur legislation seeks to ease the burden on mothers by establishing a jury duty exemption for a mother with a child under the age of one and is breastfeeding,\u201d Klopfenstein said. \u201cTo be excused, all a mother would need to do is submit a signed affidavit.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThis early bonding time between mother and child is critical to the physical, emotional and mental growth,\u201d said King. \u201cThe benefits of nursing go well beyond nourishment and are beneficial to the health of both the child and mother.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Similar legislation exists in 18 other states. The legislation heads to the Ohio Senate for further consideration.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Klopfenstein repesents the 82nd House District, serving residents of Paulding, Putnam, Van Wert and Defiance counties.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>King represents the 84th House District, serving residents of Mercer, Darke and Auglaize counties.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>VW independent staff\/submitted information COLUMBUS &#8212; Members of the Ohio House of Representatives have passed legislation by State Representatives Roy Klopfenstein (R-Haviland) and Angie King\u2019s (R-Celina) to exempt nursing mothers from jury duty. Under current law, there are only a few exemptions for mothers and jurors that are suffering from a disease or illness. House [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-167544","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-05-30 17:37:49","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/167544","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=167544"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/167544\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":167570,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/167544\/revisions\/167570"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=167544"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=167544"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=167544"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}