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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Say goodbye to a new job if you're a woman.[/quote]

This is not maternity leave. This is medical/family leave. By your reasoning, anybody who has a family and/or can get sick should say goodbye to a new job. That won't leave many people to hire, though.[/quote]

You don't think women of childbearing age are the most likely to take parental leave?[/quote]

"Women of childbearing age"? If you want to limit your labor force to people who

1. are not women aged 20-45
2. are not in families with women aged 20-45
3. don't have parents
4. don't have children
5. don't get sick

go right ahead.[/quote]

Huh?

I'm a woman.  I don't want a company to choose a man over me because I'm more likely to take 16 paid weeks off.  This will hurt women.[/quote]

As opposed to not hiring women because it is expected that she'll quit after she has a baby?  Or take unpaid leave?  DC already guarantees 16 weeks of FMLA; all this law does is make that 16 weeks paid (not at the employer's expense).

Also, men are eligible for the same amount of FMLA as women.  [/quote]

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