One problem with this article (and many others) is it confounds the benefits of taking leave with _paid leave_. I don't think there is a strong challenge agains

One problem with this article (and many others) is it confounds the benefits of taking leave with _paid leave_. I don't think there is a strong challenge against women taking a break after giving birth, but there is a moral/values argument about who pays for it. Potential sources of funding include: 1. Government (on various levels) 2. Employer 3. Savings 4. Debt (maternity loans?) 5. Partner/Father, other family We'd have to control for and examine interventions in the sources of funding to determine if governmental paid leave for all is a good policy. Sadly the article also focuses, myopically, on just maternity leave instead of Parental leave. afaik it's proven that children do better with 2 parents present. (lets ignore gender arguments for a moment and see the obvious-- access to twice the parental figures will be more robust and have more resources)