claim: "the united states is the only developed country in the world without paid maternity leave."
author: barack obama
evidence_1: sep 28, 2017 ... "we're the only developed nation in the world that doesn't have paid maternity  leave," mccaskill said on aug. 22, 2017 at a ... as of 2016, the united states had  the third highest gdp per capita in the world. ... senator mccaskill said the  united states is the only developed nation without paid maternity leave.
evidence_2: apr 6, 2016 ... the united states is one of only two countries in the world that don't mandate  paid maternity leave, spurring individual cities and states to pass laws providing  the benefit to workers in their jurisdictions. research has linked paid leave to  higher rates of breastfeeding and lower rates of infant mortality and ...
evidence_3: sep 26, 2016 ... despite these transformations, the u.s. is the only country among 41 nations that  does not mandate any paid leave for new parents, according to data compiled by  the organization for economic cooperation and development (oecd). the  smallest amount of paid leave required in any of the other 40 ...
evidence_4: jul 25, 2016 ... the organization for economic cooperation and development studied paid  maternity leave for about 34 oecd countries -- advanced nations -- and seven  additional european union countries. ... gillibrand said that america is the only  industrialized that doesn't guarantee workers paid family leave.
evidence_5: may 6, 2015 ... in time for mother's day, advocates remind people that the u.s. is one of only  three nations in the world that doesn't offer paid maternity leave. ... oman, papua  new guinea and the united states provide some form of maternity leave but  have no overall law for cash benefits. since then, oman established ...