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Women Could Get Pregnant To Avail Paid Maternity Leave And Then Abort, Says Australian Politician
Mr. Steve Fielding, from the conservative Family First Party, said women could attempt to cheat the centre-left Labor government's plans for paid leave by deliberately conceiving a child they never intended to have.
The government hopes to introduce the country's first paid parental leave scheme from January 1. Under the scheme, parents will be entitled to 18 weeks paid leave at 543 dollars (470 US) per week to care for their newborn.
The new benefits could also apply to women who have stillborn babies, and Fielding said this made it unclear what entitlements were allowed to those who terminated their pregnancies.
"Drug addicts and welfare cheats can go out there and get themselves pregnant and then after 20 weeks have an abortion and still pocket the government's cash," he said.
"We don't need assurances, we need to make sure this is in the law," he told parliament. "There may be mums out there who want to cheat the system in an horrific way."
The paid parental leave legislation, which is being debated in the Senate, allows for women who have stillbirths to claim the payment.
The government dismissed the claim, saying the benefit would not apply to women who chose to end a pregnancy.
Labor Senator Ursula Stevens says the laws are clear.
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