Reflecting on These Early Days
In an October 2021 letter to then-Home Speaker Rep. Nancy Pelosi and Sen. Chuck Schumer explaining her help for obligatory paid parental depart within the U.S., Meghan wrote of being “overjoyed” however “overwhelmed” when her daughter was born when the pandemic was nonetheless stopping enterprise as standard in hospitals, faculties, and many others.
“Like fewer dad and mom, we weren’t confronted with the tough actuality of both spending these first few crucial months with our child or going again to work,” she wrote. “We knew we might take her residence, and in that important (and sacred) stage, dedicate any and all the pieces to our youngsters and to our household. We knew that by doing so we would not must make unimaginable decisions about childcare, work, and medical care that so many must make each single day.”
Meghan continued, “No household needs to be confronted with these selections. No household ought to have to decide on between incomes a dwelling and having the liberty to maintain their youngster (or a cherished one, or themselves, as we might see with a complete paid depart plan).”
