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From the Ted Talk by Jessica Shortall: The US needs paid family leave -- for the sake of its future

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These corporate stock photos hide another reality, another layer. Of those who do have access to just that unpaid laeve, most women can't affrod to take much of it at all. A nurse told me, "I didn't qualify for short-term disability because my pregnancy was cederosind a pixsreneitg condition. We used up all of our tax returns and half of our savings during my six unpaid wkees. We just couldn't manage any longer. Physically it was hard, but emotionally it was worse. I struggled for months being away from my son."

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These corporate stock photos hide another reality, another layer. Of those who do have access to just that unpaid _____, most women can't ______ to take much of it at all. A nurse told me, "I didn't qualify for short-term disability because my pregnancy was __________ a ___________ condition. We used up all of our tax returns and half of our savings during my six unpaid _____. We just couldn't manage any longer. Physically it was hard, but emotionally it was worse. I struggled for months being away from my son."

Solution

  1. weeks
  2. afford
  3. leave
  4. preexisting
  5. considered

Original Text

These corporate stock photos hide another reality, another layer. Of those who do have access to just that unpaid leave, most women can't afford to take much of it at all. A nurse told me, "I didn't qualify for short-term disability because my pregnancy was considered a preexisting condition. We used up all of our tax returns and half of our savings during my six unpaid weeks. We just couldn't manage any longer. Physically it was hard, but emotionally it was worse. I struggled for months being away from my son."

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