{
  "id": 16454845,
  "title": "More dads taking paid family leave for a new baby, sometimes as much as moms are",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/25/more-dads-taking-paid-family-leave-for-a-new-baby-sometimes-as-much-16454845",
  "topic": "health",
  "section": "Health & Medicine",
  "published": "2026-10-25T09:00:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "NPR Health",
    "slug": "npr-health",
    "url": "https://www.npr.org/2026/10/25/nx-s1-5977810/paid-family-bonding-leave-dads-moms-california-colorado-washington-states"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "The U.S. has no national law for paid parental leave. But in states that do, more dads are using the benefit, sometimes more than moms. The change comes as Americans say having kids is unaffordable.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}