Bereavement leave for miscarriages proposed August 16, 2018 | Registered: 13 years ago Posts: 12,431 |
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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.
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The ministry of health describes miscarriages as “fairly common” and says one or two out of every 10 pregnant women will miscarry a baby.
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Cambion
They're gonna regret this in a hurry once they have to start dealing with serial miscarriages. You know who I mean, the women who can't ever take a hint: they have four miscarriages in a single year and keep right on getting pregnant immediately after each one, then act genuinely shocked and heartbroken when the newest pregnancy bleeds out.
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tea princess
I don't know about the laws in New Zealand, but in most countries people have several days of paid vacation in a year, I suppose New Zealanders have them too, what about using those days for whatever the fuck they want, and not crying for extra days? I get it, miscarriage is painful, but a breakup is painful, a divorce is painful, losing a cat you had for 10 years is painful, hell, even having your phone stolen is painful...
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quiltergirl
How will they prove a miscarriage?
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contemplativeintrovert
And the whole idea of miscarriage leave is nonsense. The less scrupulous are going to milk the f out of this. What counts as a miscarriage? A month late? More?
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@ Childfreeadvocate
^ This! I hate how all of the work is pushed on CF people, and how breeders are catered to.