Maternity leave

[sally]

But, part of the issue is Leave policies that focus on mothers aren't always equally applied to gay men who will be primary caregivers to surrogate babies, and paternity leave isn't always equally applied to female spouses of lesbians who have babies.

I think policies that focus only on mothers are more for medical reasons than care giving or bonding reasons. The purpose of the mother taking a leave of absence is to prepare for birth, give birth, recover and return back to work shortly after. If a business already has that policy in place then I don't think they should have to change it to accommodate non-pregnant gays or heterosexuals.