Up to 14 weeks, according to a bill proposed by Assembly Majority Leader Cecilia Aguiar-Curry, D-Winters.
By Catholics for Catholics
An apparently loaded California bill that would provide recipients with 14 weeks of completely paid pregnancy disability leave for public school employees, could also force taxpayers to pay for paid leave for abortions.
Penned by Assembly Majority Leader Cecilia Aguiar-Curry, D-Winters, Assembly Bill 65 is waiting for consideration in the California Senate after passing the Assembly, according to a story by The Christian Post.
If approved, the legislation would require public school employers and community college districts to give up to 14 weeks of paid pregnancy disability leave to certificated employees and classified staff employed by public schools or the community college district.
According to the Christian Post story, the summary of the bill indicates the leave applies not only to time missed due to the pregnancy, but also to “childbirth, termination of pregnancy, or a related condition.”
Aguiar-Curry’s bill also would ban school districts from deducting pregnancy disability leave from an employee’s other available leave and would compel employers to maintain health insurance coverage during the leave period under the same conditions as if the employee were actively working.
Aguiar-Curry, in an interview last week with CBS California Investigates admitted that the abortion-related language could be amended before the bill reaches the governor’s desk.
“I think it could get amended. I’m hoping it doesn’t, and now that you’ve brought it up and it’s all over television, chances are I’m going to get more pressure to take it out,” Aguiar-Curry said.
While the bill passed the Assembly with 62 bipartisan votes, 17 lawmakers on both sides of the political aisle did not vote.
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