Breast-feeding mom wants study breaks to nurse her daughter

As Bethany reported yesterday, a Harvard law student has found it hard to try and breast feed her four month-old due to not being allowed extra breaks during tests to do just that.

A young mother with hopes of a career in medical research and with admission to one of the nation's most prestigious medical schools sounds like an oxymoron. But it's not -- and Sophie Currier has my vote for a few extra breaks to properly feed her infant.

Breast milk is really the only food needed by infants, although the process is much easier using packaged formulas and other non-mother products. The National Board of Medical Examiners stated that they would be altering the performance of the exam Currier is set to take if it allowed time for breast pumping and feeding of her daughter.

Apparently, no rules can ever be bent, regardless of situation. Some argue that the rules need to be the same for everyone, no matter the circumstances. Otherwise, abuse of the rules becomes rampant. But, is a mother needing to feed her baby an abuse of any rule? Hardly.