Wow! Sense from Megyn Kelly!

Fox is usually suspicious, Ailes/Koch bullshit. But recently, they let Megyn Kelly speak truth! Shock! Awe! Kelly explains the absurdity of US maternity leave policy, from ThinkProgress:

Fox News' Megyn Kelly Gets it Right: "The United States Is In the Dark Ages When it Comes to Maternity Leave."

Kelly is spot-on. As the Project on Global Working families found during a survey of 173 countries, the U.S. is in some bad company when it comes to paid maternity leave:

Out of 173 countries studied, 169 countries offer guaranteed leave with income to women in connection with childbirth; 98 of these countries offer 14 or more weeks paid leave. Although in a number of countries many women work in the informal sector, where these government guarantees do not always apply, the fact remains that the U.S. guarantees no paid leave for mothers in any segment of the work force, leaving it in the company of only 3 other nations: Liberia, Papua New Guinea, and Swaziland.

The U.S. hasn’t required paid maternity leave even though such leave results in “a decrease of complications and recovery time for the mother and [a decrease in] the risk of allergies, obesity, and sudden infant death syndrome for the child.” So it seems that even a Fox News host can be sensible when personally faced with the implications of government policy.

Never thought I'd see the day, but apparently Fox is worth watching occasionally. Who'da Thought?