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Seems weird to discriminate against adoptive parents... I understand the reasoning but seems weird. It would probably be better to have a medical policy appli

• pastor_williams 8y ago
  Adopted parents aren't excluded. You get the leave whether you are becoming a parent through adoption, surrogacy, child birth or fostering.
• fjsolwmv 8y ago
  Adoption isn't a debilitating medical condition so why would you get medical leave for it in addition to parental leave?
• koliber 8y ago
  I think you are framing it incorrectly as discrimination. If one stretches such an analogy, one could reason that paid sick leave is discriminating against healthy people. Not many people would agree with that one. As you've stated, a sensible medical policy for everyone would be good. I would imagine that Google has a one.
  • workinthehead 8y ago
    Absolutely I agree that paid sick leave is discriminating against healthy people. If you're going to pay people to not work, everyone should be equally eligible.
• fjones11 8y ago
  I think OP means that birth mothers get a little more time than fathers and adoptive parents. Having a baby is rough on the body, and there's a lot more to the physical recovery afterwards than most people realize. For example, if you have a c-section, it takes approximately 6 weeks to recover from that, and there are certain physical side effects that make it more difficult to work from an office until recovery is complete. So that part is more like medical leave than parental leave (even though you're also parenting at the time).