(The Center Square) – Illinois U.S. Sen. Tammy Duckworth celebrates a win for new parents as President Donald Trump signs the bipartisan BABES Enhancement Act, aimed at ensuring the Transportation Security Administration properly handles breast milk and breastfeeding supplies.

Breastfeeding advocates say the law tackles a long-standing problem of lost milk and travel stress for working mothers. Ann Davis of La Leche League USA called TSA checkpoint issues “widespread and unpredictable,” depending on agents’ knowledge.

“It was definitely a hit-and-miss issue,” Davis told The Center Square. “Women would read the instructions on the TSA website, print them out, hand them to officers, and the officers would ignore them.”

Davis said mothers traveling for work or family reasons routinely repo

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