High school girls want maternity leave option

This story from The Denver Post is blowing up across the country. Some pregnant girls at a high school in Denver want the school to establish maternity leave "so they can heal, bond with their newborns and not be penalized with unexcused absences."

Also thought this bit at the end was interesting...

Students at one high school in southern Colorado wanted to set up a child-care center, but the principal forbade it, saying it would encourage teen pregnancy, she said.

"There is no evidence that has ever happened," Casillas said. "I don't think schools have been proactive at creating policies that encourage young mothers to remain in school. Schools need to say, 'What if you do come back, then what?'

"Schools need to say, 'This is what we do to support your learning.' That's not happening."