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(CNSNews.com) - In a speech yesterday on working families, President Barack Obama addressed difficulties faced be working mothers."Too many women face unnecessary difficulties on the job, like the difficulty of being paid less than a man for doing the same work," said Obama. "That’s a difficulty. Or being reprimanded or fired for taking too many bathroom breaks when you’re pregnant."Here is an excerpt from his speech:"So a key part of middle-class economics is helping working families feel more secure in a constantly changing economy. And we do that by bringing workplaces stuck in the last century into this century, and this is something that I’ve made a priority as President. Because our workplaces have changed, we have to change with them. So, for example, women now make up about half of America’s workforce. More women are their family’s main breadwinners than ever before. But our policies haven’t completely caught up to that reality."We are still the only advanced country on Earth without paid leave. So when a baby arrives or--and there have been a lot of babies in the White House lately--see, we have another one coming right here, right in the front row."So when a baby arrives or an aging parent gets sick, too often workers have to make gut-wrenching choices about whether they can afford to be there when their families need them most. Too many women face unnecessary difficulties on the job, like the difficulty of being paid less than a man for doing the same work. That’s a difficulty. Or being reprimanded or fired for taking too many bathroom breaks when you’re pregnant. Clearly that’s a man making that decision because they don’t have five pounds of kicks pressing down on their bladder."Or being forced to take leave when they’re still perfectly capable of doing their work. Women can’t even depend, by law, on getting a paid day off to give birth."
