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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsConservative States Have Some Of The Least Family-Friendly Policies
"Conservative States Have Some Of The Least Family-Friendly Policies"
See >>> http://thinkprogress.org/health/2012/05/15/484360/conservative-states-least-family-friendly/?mobile=nc
The U.S. only has three national laws that address pregnancy discrimination, family and medical leave, and the rights of nursing mothers at work, and there still are gaps that leave millions of working parents without job-protected leave when they have a new baby. Some states offer additional protection, according to a report from the National Partnership for Women and Families (NPWF), but some of the most conservative states where politicians tout traditional family values have the worst policies to help families and new parents. In its analysis, the NPWF grades each state on its laws that relate to workplace rights and protections for new parents. Only two California and Connecticut received an A-, and 18 mostly Republican-dominated states, including Alabama, Georgia, and Oklahoma, were given Fs for failing to provide a single benefit or program to help support families before and after the birth, adoption or foster placement of a child. Check out the NPWFs map of the states grades ...
Interesting map ...
See >>> http://thinkprogress.org/health/2012/05/15/484360/conservative-states-least-family-friendly/?mobile=nc
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Conservative States Have Some Of The Least Family-Friendly Policies (Original Post)
RKP5637
Jun 2012
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dkf
(37,305 posts)1. If they expect a woman to stay home and take care of the kids it makes perfect sense.
PDJane
(10,103 posts)2. yeah, of course they do.
For the simple reason that they are authoritarian types with a tendency to hate anything that might allow women and children their own lives. Which makes me wonder why they hate muslims so much, especially fundamentalist sorts.
RKP5637
(67,032 posts)3. They certainly hate everything, it's just not extreme, but ultra-extreme. Yep,
there is a lot of commonality between all of the authoritarian groups. Take away the labels/names, and it pretty much is the same.