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Without paid family leave, teachers stockpile sick days and aim for summer babies (www.opb.org)

submitted 1 year ago by alyaza to c/news

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[–] Kuroneko 20 points 1 year ago (1 children)

"We had one legislator that said — oh goodness — he said, 'Why can't women just plan their pregnancies around summer break?'"

The ignorance of these politicians is just astounding.

[–] scrchngwsl@feddit.uk 4 points 1 year ago

It's incredible that the human race has survived this long when apparently half the population is so wilfully ignorant of how its continuation actually works in practice.