In a somewhat related story, this American guy was against Obama Health care when it was brought into the US Congress halls. I've asked him if he loses the job, he does not find a job for a whole year, and he suddenly suffers a health condition where the insurance company declares it to be pre-existing condition, how is he going to cover it? He danced around it and eventually accepted that he would not be able to pay for those medical bills.
I have asked him again if the bill comes down to half a million dollars, and doctors take him to court and seize his property and other resources he has since he couldn't afford to pay for those medical bills, how is going to get by after he lost every thing he had? The guy realized that he would lose every thing. I've then asked him since this Obamacare is preventing the insurance companies from denying services due to pre-existing conditions, why would he be against it? He started reverting back to "Obama is a liberal and no goodwill will ever come out of him any thing that is championed by liberals".
Similar to that guy, if you ask American mothers and fathers, we need the maternity-leave for women extended to at least 6 months, many would immediately complain about the higher taxes that it would take to pay for it. If you tell them, well you're already paying higher taxes, so what if tax reform takes places and portion of the 1 trillion USD money that is spent on military is actually allocated to mothers who are having children. Many Americans will respond back angrily and state, "it is up to the parents of those children to pay for it. We're not gonna cut our military. We have after-all the strongest military the world has ever seen."
Similarly, when you ask them if you don't pay for the maternity-leave to mothers who need it, why do you have issues with people who perform abortion? They would immediately respond back, "God wants us to protect life." True, God wants us to protect life, but he also wants to be kind to mothers who just give birth and need to heal and take care of their little babies. They will take shelter "well, where is the father in all of these?" When you tell them let us assume the father is there but since every family has to have one or two cars in order to go to work, since it is an American dream for every family to have a house, do you think 1 income in every American household can take care of all of the bills? They would then revert back to "well, they shouldn't have children if they can't afford it." But you just said no abortion. If you don't want them to perform abortion and you don't want to help them when they have babies, what do you want them to do: No sex, no marriage?
F/ck the Republicans and their stupid mindset. No help to the poor, no help to mothers who just have babies, no universal healthcare, ...no.......,.....no.......,.....no. Brain-dead group of people.
6-month maternity leave might be too costly for employers since financial forecasts point to a potential global recession in 2016. 
