TRUMP'S MATERNITY LEAVE PLAN
Trump's new plan for maternity leave
•The leave is for married birth mothers only
• Only provides for six weeks leave at partial pay
• Restricts low-income women and fails to account for medical complications from birth or recovery
• Does not address serious health conditions for one's self or loved ones
• Perpetuates sex stereotypes
•Restricts on of benefits to married birth mothers
• Ignores unmarried mothers are more likely to be head of household, to have lower household income, and struggles with poverty
• Ignores dads, non-birth moms in same-sex partnerships, two dad-families, and adoptive parents.
THE ALTERNATIVE
Family and Medical Insurance Leave Act by Kristen Gillibrand (D-NY)& Rosa DeLauro (D-Conn)
• Families get 12 weeks partially paid to care for new born, sick family members, and themselves
• Leave would be available to employees at businesses of all sizes
• Would be available to spouses, domestic partners, same-sex couples, and adoptive parents
In Trump's 'Maternity Leave'Plan, The Devil-and the stereotypes Are in the Details by Galen Sherwin& Kate Meyer from the ACLU.org
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