Staffers were considering one key revision, she said: turning maternity leave into parental leave — a benefit that fathers, too, could access. “They were thinking about making it gender-neutral.”[She thought she was entitled to maternity leave. They chatted about the maternity leave proposal — specifically, the logistics of rolling it out on the state level. Trump said his plan was influenced by his older daughter, Ivanka, who encouraged her father to become the first Republican presidential nominee to unveil a maternity leave proposal. It’s critical for bonding with the child, and that was a top focus of this plan.”More on Wonkblog:Trump’s maternity leave plan looks a lot like Bill Clinton’s from 1999Donald Trump's maternity leave plan could exclude single mothersHow Donald Trump could change what it's like to be a parent in America

Source: Washington Post February 06, 2017 21:35 UTC