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need for Jacinda to take time off



         from her job when it came time to




         deliver the baby. They suggested that



         taking an extended leave of  absence



         was inappropriate for the leader of




         the nation.








         The debate raged on. Everybody


 that there could be undue stress   in the country was talking about




 or emotion placed on Jacinda as   it. There were those who defended



 she struggled to balance the best   her right to become a mother, no



 interests of  the country, with the   matter what the importance of  her




 best interests of  her family. They   job might be. To Jacinda’s credit,



 also argued that there would be a   she remained focused on her role
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