Ireland offers 26 weeks’ paid maternity leave to ‘pregnant men’
Buobe IA context · why it matters
Guidelines allow transgender men to receive maternity benefits — This could encourage more inclusive workplace policies and support for gender-diverse individuals.
Only women can biologically give birth — Maternity leave is still fundamentally tied to biological reproduction, limiting the scope of these benefits.
Guidelines from Ireland’s healthcare system say that ‘transgender’ employees can receive maternity benefits if they are legally recognized as male, though only women can be mothers.
