What: New York Gov. Kathy Hochul proposed legislation to give women 40 hours of paid leave to attend prenatal visits, aiming to expand care to low-income communities where employees might have to skip a paycheck to get to the doctor.

Why it matters: The maternal and infant mortality rate in the United States is worse than in other wealthy countries, and has been growing in recent years. Getting care before a baby is born is one effort to reduce that.

Source: ABC