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I agree with parent2b. Recovering from giving birth is legally defined as a temporary disability, and employers pay employees from their temporary disability funds. Same with sick time - it is legally and corporately designated for when the employee is sick and needs to recover. While mothers *use* this time to bond, that isn't what either of those times are legally for.
Legally and under most corporate policies, adoptive parents are usually entitled to the same benefits that all fathers (birth or adoptive) currently get. In reality, all parents who did not give birth get the same benefits as other parents who did not give birth.
You'll probably get much further with "bonding time" legislation that is separate from "giving birth recovery time" legislation and from "sick time" legislation. Make it apply to all parents, regardless of their gender or how they became parents. Bonding time is necessary, regardless of how the child joined the family, or the age at which the child joined the family. Maybe model it after other countries that separate the two but have both. THAT would probably get a great deal of support.
Good luck!
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