After Liberal Democrats fought for a change in rules, the Government has announced long-overdue steps to enable proxy voting for MPs. When 54,000 women face pregnancy and maternity discrimination at work every year, it is appalling that Parliament still operates such archaic rules for new parents when it should be setting an example for the rest of the country | Liberal Democrats

Yesterday the State Assembly passed a unilateral resolution to institute proxy voting, which will allow lawmakers to skip sessions and pass their voting button to someone who does not represent their constituents. This has never been done in our state’s history and the Legislature’s own legal counsel believes it is unconstitutional. But my biggest objection is that proxy voting is simply incompatible with representative government. It removes all opportunity to debate, deliberate, and consider a

In her first term, Florida Republican Anna Paulina Luna, who is a new mother, and California Democrat Sara Jacobs are pushing for Representatives who give birth to be allowed to vote by proxy from home for the first six weeks. | CBS Evening News