{"id":156554,"date":"2016-11-14T17:07:50","date_gmt":"2016-11-14T22:07:50","guid":{"rendered":"\/news\/?p=156554"},"modified":"2016-11-14T17:07:50","modified_gmt":"2016-11-14T22:07:50","slug":"a-look-at-another-pro-life-trump-policy-paid-maternity-leave","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/a-look-at-another-pro-life-trump-policy-paid-maternity-leave\/","title":{"rendered":"An often overlooked pro-life Trump policy: Paid maternity leave"},"content":{"rendered":"
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While campaigning in September as the then-GOP nominee, Donald Trump, now the President-elect, laid out his plan for maternity leave and childcare in order to better assist working mothers. His plan was influenced by his daughter, Ivanka Trump, who is the mother of three young children. While speaking at the Republican National Convention in July<\/a>, Ivanka had also discussed such plans while introducing her father.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe need working mothers to be fairly compensated for their work, and to have access to affordable, quality child care for their kids,\u201d Trump said in speaking about the plan.<\/p>\n

Under Trump\u2019s plan, mothers who don\u2019t already have leave from their employers would be granted six weeks maternity leave. Cities and even state like New York<\/a> have begun to pass such legislation at the local level. There is no federal law, however, and the United States is\u00a0the only developed nation<\/a> that does\u00a0not guarantee cash benefits for new parents, according to the United Nations.<\/p>\n