We call for 16 months paid leave to be shared by new parents or in its entirety by a single parent, and the expansion and full-funding of high-quality child care facilities. With regard to youth, we call for an end to military recruiting in educational
institutions, the abolition of parent consent and notification laws for reproductive health services, including abortion. We call for the lowering of the voting age to 15 and oppose age-based curfew laws.
Source: Email interview on presidential race with OnTheIssues.org
Apr 3, 2008
