It seems that the Prime Minister of New Zealand is going to have a baby and is proposing to take just six weeks maternity leave for the purpose. Something which would have been unlikely to arise until very recently, with lady leaders not often having been of child bearing age, at least not since the days of hereditary monarchs like Boudicca or Maria Theresa - although Elizabeth I had the wit to abstain.
While I do not see how one could make such a thing against the law or against the rules, I would not care to have anything to do with it, as partner, parent or voter. And I would certainly not vote for a lady who looked at all likely to pull such a stunt. Not fair on the baby and not fair on the country of which she is supposed to be in charge.
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