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The US has a national law on maternity leave, the family and medical leave act. Of course, we expect US laws to be less generous because it is the government o
by jacoblyles 14y ago
The US has a national law on maternity leave, the family and medical leave act.
Of course, we expect US laws to be less generous because it is the government of a federation of states, like something between a European national government and the EU.
- carlob 14y agoA national law that imposes at least 0 weeks of maternity leave. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parental_leave#Americas http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parental_leave#Americas
- khuey 14y agoNo paid leave.
- DominikR 14y agoDo less fortunate women with a new born child receive some kind of support from the state in the US, in case the father or family doesn't support them?
- khuey 14y agoThere are various programs to help with different things. Examples are Medicaid [1] for health care, Nutritional Assistance for food [2], and pre-Kindergarten education [3]. How effective these are I'm not sure, I don't have any first-hand experience with them. [1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Medicaid http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Medicaid [2] http://www.fns.usda.gov/wic/ http://www.fns.usda.gov/wic/ [3] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Head_Start_Program http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Head_Start_Program