Enact a law that would provide families with paid maternity and/or family leave.

The United States of America is the only developed nation left in the world that does not offer any paid maternity leave. Current FMLA laws protect a women's job for 12 weeks, however, they do not entitle her to earn any of her pay while on that leave. Paid maternity leave (even if at only a portion of their normal pay) would allow families to continue earning income during a point in life when they are most financially strained. It would allow women to stay home with their babies longer, which not only encourages bonding, but encourages a longer period of breasfeeding, which in turn has an abundance of benefits for baby and mom. The Obama adminstration has been very focused on improving health care. Paid maternity leave is a guaranteed way to help improve healthcare for women and children