Reflecting on those early days
In an October 2021 letter to the then president of the Chamber. Nancy Pelosi and Sen. Chuck Schumer explaining her support for mandatory paid parental leave in the US, Meghan wrote that she was “joyful” but “overwhelmed” when her daughter was born when the pandemic was still preventing business as usual at hospitals, schools, etc.
“As fewer parents, we didn't face the harsh reality of spending those critical first months with our baby or going back to work,” she wrote. “We knew we could bring her home and, at that vital (and sacred) stage, devote everything to our children and our family. We knew that in doing so, we wouldn't have to make impossible decisions about child care , the work, and the medical care that so many have to do every day.”
Meghan continued: “No family should have to face these decisions. No family should have to choose between making a living and having the freedom to care for their child (or a loved one, or of themselves, as we would see with a comprehensive payment). leave the plan).”
