For Tammy Duckworth, one of the first Asian-American women in the US Senate, it was yet another first. In April, the Illinois senator who lost both legs in Iraq in 2004, will become the first US senator to give birth while holding office. Her news followed a similar announcement by New Zealand’s prime minister Jacinda Ardern, who will give birth to a child this summer and take six weeks of maternity leave before returning to run the country.
對(duì)美國(guó)參議院首批亞裔女性參議員之一塔米?達(dá)克沃思(Tammy Duckworth)而言,這是又一個(gè)第一。今年4月,這位2004年在伊拉克失去雙腿的伊利諾伊州參議員將成為首位在履職期間生孩子的美國(guó)參議員。此前,新西蘭總理杰辛達(dá)?阿德恩(Jacinda Ardern)宣布了類似的消息,她將在今年晚些時(shí)候生孩子,休六周產(chǎn)假,之后重新治理國(guó)家。