{
  "id": 16882318,
  "title": "In California and Other States, Dads Are Now Even With Moms in Paid Leave Claims",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/28/in-california-and-other-states-dads-are-now-even-with-moms-in-paid",
  "topic": "health",
  "section": "Health & Medicine",
  "published": "2026-10-28T09:00:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "KFF Health News",
    "slug": "kff-health-news",
    "url": "https://kffhealthnews.org/health-care-costs/paid-parental-leave-dads-popularity-california/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "The U.S. has no law guaranteeing paid parental leave. But in states with their own programs, more dads are using the benefit, surpassing moms in some states. The growth in popularity comes as Americans increasingly say raising children 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."
}