Apart from the very obvious argument that parental leave should be a human right and is essential to women's rights, the HN crowd might appreciate that there ar

Apart from the very obvious argument that parental leave should be a human right and is essential to women's rights, the HN crowd might appreciate that there are significant individual and societal long-term benefits to mothers being able to care for their newborns. Such as an estimated 2.6 point boost in IQ from breastfeeding [1] (95% CI: 1.25; 3.98) [1] https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/26211556/ https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/26211556/