Earlier this week, Donald Trump unveiled his plan for six weeks of paid maternity leave. Given the GOP’s avoidance of the issue, it seemed like the right step forward for the candidate, who hasn’t done favorably with female voters.

Soon after, Trump’s daughter hit the campaign trail to make her father’s case for the new child-care and maternity leave policies. In an interview with Cosmopolitan, Ivanka shared some further details of the plan, including:

• “So [the maternity leave policy] is meant to benefit … the mother who has given birth to the child if they have legal married status under the tax code.”

• “The original intention of the plan is to help mothers in recovery in the immediate aftermath of childbirth.”

• “The plan, right now, is focusing on mothers, whether they be in same-sex marriages or not.”

Ivanka cut the interview short after saying the reporter’s line of questioning was filled with “negativity.” Given her statements, I have a few questions myself for Ivanka and Mr. Trump.

First, let me cut to the chase and say what so many were and are thinking: Paid maternity leave is no longer novel — paid parental leave is.