Kirsten Gillibrand Proposes Huge Investments in Maternal Health, Child Care and Education

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Senator Kirsten Gillibrand’s presidential campaign on Wednesday introduced a proposal aimed at investing heavily in maternal and child health, adoption and in vitro fertilization, paid family leave and universal prekindergarten.

Ms. Gillibrand, of New York, has struggled to gain traction in the presidential race, barely registering in many Democratic primary polls. She has also lagged in fund-raising.

The proposal, which Ms. Gillibrand called the “Family Bill of Rights,” continued her campaign’s focus on women and families. On Tuesday, she was among several Democratic candidates who joined a rally outside the Supreme Court to protest new abortion restrictions that some states had recently adopted.

To pay for the proposal, which she pledged to make the priority of her first 100 days in the White House, the campaign said Ms. Gillibrand would call for a tax on Wall Street transactions to generate up to $1 trillion in new revenue over 10 years. A $1,000 stock purchase, for example, would be taxed at $5.

https://www.nytimes.com/2019/05/22/us/politics/gillibrand-family-bill-of-rights.html