الاثنين، 13 أغسطس 2018

New Zealand to consider miscarriage leave for parents in bid to tackle 'taboo' subject

Women and their partners could be entitled to three days of paid bereavement leave after a miscarriage or stillbirth

A bill legislating three days’ paid bereavement leave for women and their partners after a miscarriage will be considered by New Zealand’s parliament.

The Labour MP Ginny Andersen, who sponsored the bill, said miscarriage was still a “taboo subject” in New Zealand and paid leave to grieve for the loss of a baby – at any stage of the pregnancy – would bring the subject into the open. The proposed bill also covers stillbirths.

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