Lauren has been pregnant since 2012 ... Yes, of the same baby. A pregnancy of five years. Why? Because he can't afford to quit his job where he maternity leave is non-existent. That is why knowing that I was going to be a mother "decided" to remain pregnant for 260 weeks. Because he can't afford it.
Obviously, it is impossible for this to happen. The woman is not pregnant. Is a great announcement complaint created to raise awareness about the painful social policy of the United States, one of the few countries in the world that has no paid maternity leave.
The announcement was created by the National Association of Women and Families (National Partnership for Women & Families with a humorous message of a situation that is really unfortunate.
Lauren is waiting for her baby to turn 6 years old so that she can be born, since before it is impossible to miss work to care for such a small baby. A very graphic message that today, mothers must endure 5-year-old pregnancies, which is absolutely impossible, or choose between your work and being mothers.
With this announcement, it is intended to cause impact on the rulers to take action in Congress. They demand the creation of a solid system of aid for workers who wish to be parents, as well as a medical program during leave.
A country without maternity leave
He 86 percent of workers in the United States do not have paid maternity or paternity leave. Only four states have this policy and the rest depends on the companies where they work.
Companies such as Netflix, Spotify, Google, Virgin and Microsoft applied their own policy regarding paid leave granting their employees different periods ranging from 20 weeks per year.
But for most Americans, current legislation only protects the job for workers for 12 weeks after having a child, and this only happens in companies with more than 50 workers and without receiving any salary.
It seems ironic that being one of the most advanced countries in the world is still so late in maternity and paternity leave. If we compare it with Northern European policies (Norway grants 112 days, Iceland 90, Sweden 70), the differences are abysmal.
