A firsthand account of the life-saving benefits of paid leave, and its vitality in our post-Roe society:
“You cannot push yourself through a grade-three concussion … but despite my self-pitying, my coworkers were getting the job done without me. … The irony of being on paid leave while abortion rights were about to be decimated was not lost on me either. … No one should ever have to make that impossible choice between their health and their paycheck. We need to pass national paid family and medical leave.”