For Paid Family Leave, U.S. Ranks with Liberia, Suriname, and Papua New Guinea

In Paid Family Leave, U.S. Trails Most Of The Globe by Tara Siegel Bernard.  The New Yrok Times. February 22, 2013.

In the article a public health expert points to lower infant mortality rates and lower illness and hospitalization due to increased breast feeding as a result of maternity leave.  It also points out that most generous American companies' leave programs compare poorly with the 31 countries that provide a year or more of paid maternity leave, typically through government-run insurance.