Paid Leave 1

The U.S.’s most generous parental leave bill introduced for the families of Washington D.C.

By: A.M., IANtB Science Editor

We don’t usually get political here, but since the U.S. is the only Western country without any form of paid parental leave, Jamie and I have both discussed our curiosity about its possible effects on breastfeeding success. In a 1999 article in Demography, Roe et al. demonstrated a positive correlation between parental leave and duration of breastfeeding. 

 

So far, three states have instituted a paid parental leave policy. D.C.’s program would be the … Keep Reading!!!