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Originally Posted by AGDee
A large part of the reason that women are held back in the work place is because they take time off of work to stay home with children or go on maternity leave. They don't get promotions because of that. So yes, it is more difficult for a woman with children to make what her co-workers make.
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It may be true that women in the workplace are making less because of maternity leave and taking time off to be with their children, etc., but how many of those children are the result unplanned/unwanted pregnancies due to lack of available contraception?
I think pay should be equal for equal work, and I think contraception should be available and affordable, but I don't think the two are as heavily related as the President implied. If contraception and abortions were all made free and accessible, I don't think this would make a even a small dent in the pay gap. They are two separate issues, and they need to be addressed with separate plans.