Family Values? Politicians On Maternity and Paternity Benefits For Alabama Patents

| May 13, 2015 

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Sunday was Mother’s Day and the love was flowing around the state and the nation, but there’s not so much love for mothers and fathers when it comes to paternity and maternity benefits for Alabama parents. Despite all of our talk about family values, Alabama Media Group political columnist says the United States has family leave laws that are antiquated by even the healthcare standards of third world countries, and Alabama has an infant mortality rate worse than Ukraine. Whitmire discusses the landscape of political morality versus taking action with WBHM’s Chris Osborne.

 

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