she found herself educating lawmakers on basic biology to get her point across. Maybe lawmakers should be taking basic empathy classes too because this is dystopian as hell. And they wonder why the younger generations don’t want kids?!
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And they wonder why people don’t want to be school teachers. Between crazy hours, low pay and this crap, why would you?
"We had one legislator that said — oh goodness — he said, 'Why can't women just plan their pregnancies around summer break?'"
The ignorance of these politicians is just astounding.
To me, the USA really seems more and more to be a failed state. I'm so sorry for all these teachers.
"We had one legislator that said — oh goodness — he said, 'Why can't women just plan their pregnancies around summer break?'"
Brain dead take by a more than likely brain dead conservative politician.
Great policies for great demographies.
In an industry largely dominated by females in their childbearing years it is beyond insane that they don't have a right so basic as maternity leave. It's a disgrace.