Maternity leave Quote by Barack Obama

I believe very strongly in paid sick leave.

— Carolyn Maloney

We're the only developed country in the world that doesn't have paid maternity leave. Paternity leave is just as important. Paid family medical leave…

— Sheryl Sandberg

Beginning in the 1800s with the Industrial Revolution, when women started to go into the formal workforce, leaving working at home to working in…

— Jody Heymann

One reason the United States is one of three countries in the world that do not have any form of paid maternity leave is…

— Madeleine M. Kunin

If Men Got Pregnant: Maternity leave would last for two years with full pay

— Nikhil Saluja

Voluntary paid maternity leave: yes; compulsory paid maternity leave: over this Government’s dead body, frankly. It just won’t happen.

— Tony Abbott

The United States is one of the few nations on the planet where paid family and medical leave or earned sick time is not…

— Tom Perez

We need affordable childcare and paid sick leave so workers don't have to choose between their health and their livelihood.

— Jackie Speier

It's absurd we remain the only major country on earth not to guarantee health care to all people and paid family and medical leave.

— Bernie Sanders

Anada's the best country in the world. We go to the doctor and we don't need to worry about paying him, but here, your…

— Justin Bieber

As I travel around the country, I am inspired by leaders who know that offering paid leave - whether sick time or family leave…

— Tom Perez

America is the only high income nation without a paid family leave program. This means that if you or a family member gets sick,…

— Kirsten Gillibrand