Mercenary Ali,
You are making a big assumption. katiekoo just wanted to know her where she stands.
She may expect the world to look after her and her baby , she may not but you can't tell from her post.
So what do you do? Cos you have a bee in your bonnet re paid maternity leave , you automatically assume the worst about someone.
I do agree that many people choose (or don't choose) to have children when they are not in a healthy financial position.
The reality is, is that breeding seems to be quite a normal thing for most humans (even thought it doesn't appeal to moi). And in a way society as a whole needs to pay for this.
One would hope that at the very least one could expect to take maternity leave and know they had the right to come back to their job.
Ooh I could say so much more!! i will control myself though.
PS Mr Ali, I'm not sure you understand what socialism is about. Marx had alot to say about the ownership of means of production, not alot about maternity leave though.