Parental leave is already ridiculously over generous and  huge burden and disruption to the small business owners of this country (who get zero parental leave benefits!!)  Should have cut it back to 4-6 months max.  In the US parents rarely get over 2 months when having a baby.  BTW, this disruption and expense for exmployees on maternity costs my wife a reduction in her income (she owns a small business which employs ten people, most of them women) - stealing from one woman to pay another is not feminist, it is communist!