The Family and Medical Leave Act now guarantees American working men and women twelve weeks leave to care for a newborn and the leave is unpaid.
Our twelve week unpaid parental leave compared to other countries around the world:
* 163 countries offer mothers paid leave with the birth of a child;
* 45 countries give fathers paid parental leave;
* 28 countries provide women one year or more paid leave;
* 8 countries provide three or more years of paid parental leave.
Sign the petition to invest our taxes in paid family leave so that we can meet our own and our children's needs.