Articles labeled: sophie currier

Sophie Currier, the mom that sued for extra time on a medical exam to pump breast milk, won her case on appeal today:

A Harvard student must be allowed extra break time during her nine-hour medical licensing exam so she can pump breast milk to feed her 4-month-old daughter, a Massachusetts appeals court judge ruled Wednesday.

Sophie Currier, 33, sued after the National Board of Medical Examiners turned down her request to take more than the standard 45 minutes in breaks during the exam.

Currier said she risks medical complications if she does not nurse her daughter, Lea, or pump breast milk every two to three hours.

Personally, I don’t see how an extra 15 minutes added to her break makes so much difference that it’s worth taxpayer dollars to go to court, but I’m sure it will be held up as a major victory amongst the breastfeeding crowd.

Medical student and professional whiner and entitlement seeker, Sophie Currier sued to make sure she is found exceptional because she breastfeeds. She wanted the board to allow her extra break times so that she can nurse her baby. The student is already granted allowances under the disability act because she has ADHD and learning disabilities, so she gets to take the exam over 2 days, instead of the 9 hour requirement.

Truthfully, a doctor needing this many allowances to get their license, makes me a little nervous. Lucky for us she’s wanting to go into research and not surgery.

BOSTON: A new mother cannot have extra break time during her nine-hour medical licensing exam so she can pump breast milk to feed her 4-month-old daughter, a judge ruled Wednesday.

Sophie Currier, 33, sued after the National Board of Medical Examiners turned down her request to take more than the standard 45 minutes in breaks during the exam. She said that if she does not nurse her daughter, Lea, or pump breast milk every two to three hours, she risks medical complications.

Sophie Currier, a nursing mother and a medical student at Harvard Medical School, has asked a Massachusetts Superior Court judge to require additional break time and a private room so she can express breastmilk during the National Board of Medical Examiners nine hour exam on clinical knowledge:

The case, to be heard on Wednesday, is a harbinger of what could be a growing problem. More women than ever are studying medicine, and they must take three exams to become doctors. At the same time, groups like the American Academy of Pediatrics strongly encourage breast-feeding for its health and developmental benefits.

Ms. Currier, 33, of Brookline, Mass., wrote to the medical examiners’ board in June to request the extra time, saying she needed to pump milk to avoid painful breast engorgement and mastitis, an infection stemming from blocked milk ducts.

In a letter dated July 11, Catherine Farmer, the board’s manager of disability services, responded that it could accommodate only conditions covered by the Americans With Disabilities Act. She added that Ms. Currier could spend some of her break time pumping breast milk in another testing room. Testing rooms are monitored and have glass walls.