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John Oliver Uses Mother's Day to Remind Us How Poorly the US Treats Moms

Posted By Chelo Grubb on Mon, May 11, 2015 at 10:30 AM

John Oliver's show celebrated Mother's Day by reminding us the United Stated and Papua New Guinea are the only two countries in the world that don't provide paid time off for new mothers—and advocating for paid family leave for all new parents.

Keep up the advocacy, Oliver.

Tags: Mother's Day , paid leave , unpaid leave , FLMA , moms are like feet , Video

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