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The women who follow Palin will fight against Roe, but they aren't generally lobbying for day care or family-leave policies.
Saint Sarah 2010
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Also, some employers simply fire workers if they miss too many days, assuming they aren't covered by any state or federal family-leave laws.
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For example, for illnesses qualifying as a "serious health condition" under federal family-leave law, covered workers may take up to 12 weeks of unpaid leave.
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Participants say that suggestions included: improving education about use of contraception; better access to emergency contraception (which can be used after sex); improving education about sex, relationships and the "sacredness of sex"; stamping out employment discrimination against pregnant women; improving family-leave policies; and encouraging adoption.
White House Begins Effort to Bridge the Divide on Abortion 2009
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It guarantees that Bush will veto family-leave legislation, anathema to the right.
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By Rebeldad Brian Reid The family-leave policies of the United States are generally the stock evidence used to demonstrate that we remain hopelessly behind the rest of the developed world in work-life policies, but thinking only about paid leave is actually a pretty crude yardstick to measure whether the federal government is really committed to policies that make work-life balance a reality.
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Horowitz says White House aides worked with him on the flick, which highlights the family-leave law, one of Clinton's pet policies, but "Les had never had the president of the United States pitch a movie to him before."
Big Pitch 2008
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In a Rose Garden ceremony heavy with symbolism, Clinton signed a family-leave bill that had twice been vetoed by George Bush.
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A majority of GOP women support the family-leave bill, while their male counterparts vote against it.
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Clinton recently asked for the names of the 22 Democrats who dissented on the new family-leave bill.
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