The Trump Administration Is the Reason We Don’t Have Paid Parental Leave

The president claims he’s an ally of working parents, but if that was the case, he would support the FAMILY Act

Vicki Shabo
GEN
Published in
5 min readFeb 5, 2020

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Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand listens during a news conference introducing the Family and Medical Insurance Leave Act on February 12, 2019. Photo: Alex Wong/Getty Images

InIn last night’s State of the Union address, Donald Trump cited paid parental leave for federal workers as a cornerstone of his administration’s action on…

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Vicki Shabo
GEN
Writer for

Tenacious optimist fighting for an equitable and family friendly America. Senior Fellow at New America. Views are my own. Twitter: @vshabo