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A national law that imposes at least 0 weeks of maternity leave. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parental_leave#Americas


No paid leave.


Do less fortunate women with a new born child receive some kind of support from the state in the US, in case the father or family doesn't support them?


There are various programs to help with different things. Examples are Medicaid [1] for health care, Nutritional Assistance for food [2], and pre-Kindergarten education [3]. How effective these are I'm not sure, I don't have any first-hand experience with them.

[1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Medicaid [2] http://www.fns.usda.gov/wic/ [3] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Head_Start_Program




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