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A 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_leav

• khuey 15y ago
  No paid leave.
  • DominikR 15y ago
    Do 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 15y ago
      There 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