CGTN published this video item, entitled “Finding True America: Moms torn between work and their newborns” – below is their description.
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For mothers around the world, the arrival of a baby means a time to bond with and care for their child, physically recover and consider the exciting new life ahead of them. Erica Wilson, who lives in the United States, the biggest economy on Earth, had no such guarantees when she gave birth to her boys. Since the U.S. is the only developed economy without a national paid maternity leave policy, Wilson had to use her short-term disability (insurance) leave to get partially paid for the six weeks she left. Though the U.S. government has kept promising a national policy for women, the plan stalled due to various reasons.
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