Many of the 2020 Democratic presidential candidates have backed paid leave, and President Donald Trump's budget envisioned a paid family leave program. (Photo: Shutterstock)
DENVER — When Brittany Pettersen, a Colorado state senator, gave birth to a boy in January, she became only the second lawmaker in the state to have a baby during a legislative season.
The first, Sen. Barbara Holme, delivered just two days before lawmakers adjourned nearly 30 years ago. But because she was part of a Democratic minority at the time, no one worried much about the votes Holme was missing, much less her need for paid maternity leave.
"That was the year I was born," said Pettersen, also a Democrat. "Unfortunately, we haven't come very far from 1981."
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