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http://www.newyorker.com/news/daily-comment/paid-family-leave-obama-work This article gives information on President Obama and how he is trying to improve family leave. It also points out when maternity leave was started and how it impacts mothers and their child when they can have paid leave. The cons of not having paid leave.

http://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2014/dec/03/-sp-america-only-developed-country-paid-maternity-leave It covers the different types of paid leave other countries have compared to the United States. The article shows the many benefits of maternity leave.

http://thinkprogress.org/economy/2014/07/30/3465922/paid-family-leave/ The article covers a lot of stats on the different countries compared to the U.S. on how many weeks of paid maternity leave they have. Also how employers go about paid leave differently with their employees.

Edit: put stats on other countries weeks of paid leave compared to US. Use countries we are more familiar with so the foreign comparison will be more notable. put what parts of the US do give paid leave and where. Google and California.