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[ID] 1114 [Interest Areas] Public Health Worker [Comment] I am a huge supporter of paid maternity leave, especially in this day and age when so many women are working outside of the home. It would be great for our employers to offer this as a benefit, instead of us having to try to build up extra PTO, only to use it all during maternity leave and have nothing left when we return to work and need a day off for a sick child. The United States is greatly lagging behind other countries in this area. I think in the end everyone especially families would greatly benefit form this, and mothers could feel good about taking their time off to bond with their new infant instead of having to rush back to work b/c they have no time to take off or can't afford to. And in order to be fair to those people who don't have children and are in the workforce, maybe they can get compensated somehow with extra paid leave as well. [Topic] 
Paid Maternity Leave
Call To Action on Breastfeeding
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