Treat All New Mothers Equally

Why is Ventura County having such a difficult time deciding when welfare mothers with newborn infants should return to work?

That is easy, and it doesn’t take a college education to figure it out. Just ask any working mother who has delivered a baby.

If the mother delivered naturally, she will return to work in six weeks. If she delivered her baby by C-section, she will return to work in eight weeks. Why do welfare mothers get to stay out of work 12 weeks to a year?

Maybe all of us mothers should go on welfare and get the same amount of maternity leave. Shouldn’t maternity leave be fair to every new mother?

DEBRA J. REGINATO

Ventura

Ventura County Letters