It's not perfect by any means, but the paid family leave proposal included in the proposed Trump budget would actually take a baby step in the right direction — especially compared with Trump's original thoughts on maternity leave.
The Washington Post reports the new version is just that — family leave — covering both mothers and fathers, and first daughter Ivanka is expected to weigh in on getting the program into existence.
While there are still plenty of hiccups in the plan — the states will have to manage it, for instance, and it provides just six weeks of paid leave after the birth or adoption of a child — it has actually come a long way from Trump's original proposal, which was restricted to biological mothers — married biological mothers — and was more like something one might expect in the 1960s than at any time in the 21st century.
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