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While these protections are well established for patient-mothers, far less attention has been given to how they are applied to the nursing workforce responsible for enacting them.<\/jats:p>\n                  <jats:p>The authors critically appraise an ethical contradiction experienced by lactating nurse-mothers. Breastfeeding is institutionally supported for patients but structurally constrained within nurses\u2019 own workplaces. Using relational ethics as the primary interpretive lens, supported by clinical and organizational ethics frameworks, the analysis positions nurse-mothers as embodied ethical agents whose experiences reveal systemic moral incoherence within maternal-centered institutions.<\/jats:p>\n                  <jats:p>Evidence suggests that nurse-mothers frequently encounter delayed or denied pumping breaks, inadequate lactation facilities, stigmatization, and career penalties despite strong breastfeeding knowledge and commitment. These conditions generate ethical tension, moral distress, and professional disengagement. 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