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NEWS ABOUT: maternity leave

maternity leave stories: 10 news summaries

(Newser) - For Katie Roiphe, the connection with her newborn child is like an “addiction," she writes on DoubleX. "There is an opium-den quality to maternity leave. The high of a love that obliterates everything.” Why, then, can’t feminists accept that motherhood is more than a “... More »

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motherhood • parenting • feminism • addiction • infant • newborn • feminists • maternity leave • narcotics • women's issues

(Newser) - Meghan McCain will sit in for new mom Elisabeth Hasselbeck on the View in September, the New York Post reports. The daughter of John McCain and one-woman youth movement in the GOP has proven popular on the chatfest, and will tape 3 episodes. Also filling in for Hasselbeck... More »

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The View • Fox News • daytime talk show • Meghan McCain • maternity leave • Elisabeth Hasselbeck • E.D. Hill

OPINION

It's Time to
Put the Breast Pump Away

The mommy wars should be fought over leave time, not formula

Apr 3, 09 11:48 AM CDT
(Newser) - We may have taken the "breast is best" argument too far, writes Judith Warner on her New York Times blog. The evidence for the superhuman benefits of breast milk over formula isn't so clear-cut, after all, and it's not worth it to guilt women into pumping when the real... More »

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women's rights • breast milk • baby formula • maternity leave • breast pump

(Newser) - Maternity leave benefits in the EU are set to triple if a new proposal goes through, the Telegraph reports. New moms would see a bump from 14 to 18 weeks of paid leave under the plan and would get a full paycheck during that time—rather than lower sick-pay rates.... More »

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women's health • European Union • United Kingdom • veto • maternity leave

 Recession's Latest Victim: 
 Maternity Leave 

Struggling moms abandon plans for months, years off work with children

Mar 11, 09 9:11 AM CDT
(Newser) - Stay-at-home moms are becoming the next casualty of the recession, the Wall Street Journal reports. Women who hoped to take several months or even years of maternity leave are now scrambling to find work or increase their hours as the family finances crumble. One mom-centric staffing agency has seen a... More »

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parenting • employment • recession • working mothers • maternity leave • recession depression

ANALYSIS

Working Moms
Look to Michelle

Women hope mom-in-chief will use bully pulpit to push family issues

Feb 8, 09 3:55 PM CST
(Newser) - Working moms are waiting for their own stimulus package—maternity leave, affordable childcare, flexible work arrangements—and they’re looking to Michelle Obama to push it through, Reuters reports. The new first lady began discussing these issues during her husband’s presidential campaign. “She's saying: ‘I’m here,... More »

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Michelle Obama • women • daycare • working mothers • first lady • maternity leave

GLOSSIES

Breast May Be Best, But Pumps Get All the Attention

Companies praised for allowing women to pump ... but contact has no substitute

Jan 12, 09 3:54 PM CST
(Newser) - The push for regulations that give US moms a place and time to pump their breast milk overlooks a major part of the age-old breast-feeding debate, Jill Lepore writes in the New Yorker. “Is it the mother, or her milk, that matters more to the baby?” Lepore asks. High-tech... More »

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baby bottle • baby • breast feeding • breast milk • working mothers • maternity leave • breast pump

New Maternity Leave Means Bring Your
Kids to Work

Firms go ga-ga over not losing mom for months

Jan 4, 09 6:00 PM CST
(Newser) - Every day can be bring-your-child-to-work day, the New York Times reports, as more companies are allowing parents to bring their babies into the office. The move helps moms and dads dodge the financial hit of parental leave while simultaneously spending time with their kids. “I have not heard anyone... More »

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parenting • work • children • parents • baby • office • working mothers • maternity leave

Fiorina Hosts
NY Event for Hillary Funders

Dem malcontents pledge 'maybe millions' of votes for McCain

Jul 17, 08 2:53 PM CDT
(Newser) - About 25 disgruntled Hillary Clinton donors met Tuesday with a top adviser to John McCain, and promised “hundreds of thousands and maybe millions of votes” for the Republican—if their conditions were met. Carly Fiorina said the women she met in New York were “intensely uncomfortable with the... More »

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Barack Obama • Hillary Clinton • John McCain • Carly Fiorina • HillRaisers • maternity leave • equal pay

Hasselbeck Returning
to 'The View'

Rosie O'Donnell's right-wing rival back from maternity leave

Jan 4, 08 6:46 AM CST
(Newser) - Conservative TV co-host Elizabeth Hasselbeck will return to "The View" on Monday after a two-month maternity leave—and she'll be bringing her new son, Taylor Thomas, with her. Hasselbeck infamously had it out on the air with liberal co-host Rosie O'Donnell over the war in Iraq shortly before the... More »

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The View • Barbara Walters • Whoopi Goldberg • Elizabeth Hasselbeck • Sherri Shepherd • daytime talk show • Joy Behar • Iraq war • maternity leave

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