Portland Offers Time Off For Bereavement After Abortions
The Portland city government offered time off for bereavement for all forms of pregnancy loss, including abortions, starting Sept. 29.
Portland is now the first to offer bereavement leave for employees after they have an abortion. City Council unanimously approved the changes earlier this month.https://t.co/TbiysMjJG2
— KATU News (@KATUNews) October 26, 2021
Women who have abortions can request time off for bereavement to deal with the procedure’s physical and emotional impact. The policy was inspired by New Zealand’s three-day paid leave policy for women who have miscarriages and stillbirths, as well as by a city employee who reportedly took unpaid leave after having an abortion, according to Oregon Public Broadcasting (OPB).
Portland also set aside $200,000 to fund abortion care in September in anticipation of an uptick in Texan women traveling to the state for abortions due to the Texas Heartbeat Bill, OPB reported. The drive from central Texas to Portland is approximately 29 hours.
The measure was an alternative to a scrapped policy of boycotting the state of Texas and banning public employee travel to the state, according to OPB.
“It’s important to recognize that employees need time to address their reproductive health needs … and they may need time to process what they’re experiencing,” said Andrea Miller, president of the National Institute for Reproductive Health, according to OPB.
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Sounds a little hypocritical to me. As democrat SCUM that you are, you say that a mother should be able to abort her child up to and including at the time of birth and yet on the other hand you offer her a reward with paid time off to grieve the loss of a child that she murdered. What is wrong with you democrats?
I had to read this headline twice to make sure my eyes weren’t failing….Unbelievable !!! However if anyone is trying to explain what IDIOT is, this is a great example……throw in the FACT that apparently poor judgement is Rewarded….and how to get awy with murder. Oregon is blessed with beautiful landscape of forest covered mountains. Since ‘life’ has no value, perhaps they should cut down all the trees and use the beaches for city dumps.That makes as much sense….What are these people?
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