Let's Fight for Mommy's Rights!

I really have to congratulate Mr. Mario Miller, a Panamanian deputy, for trying to pass a law to give Panamanian moms a little more time with their babies, giving 18 weeks of maternity leave.
I once wrote an email to Mrs. Marta de Martinelli's office, our first lady, about how other countries had longer maternity leaves than Panamanian's 14 week leave. Also, the laws about breastfeeding are not quite promulgated, or even respected. I have no idea if this has to do to the fact that now they're trying to pass this law, but I'm glad that this came up for the sake of our future generation.
Now, everything sounds so good and everybody was very happy with the idea, except of course "La Asociación Panameña de Ejecutivos de Empresas" (The Panamanian Asociation of Entrepreneurs), alleging that this will "affect" the economy. YEAH, RIGHT.
First of all, we pay for our Social Security, taken from our salary (9%) every month, so they really don't pay for our leave. Second, they hire someone to cover, which they usually pay less to that person as a "professional service" or they pay some extra money to another employee to cover too. So they still they win. I don't get why instead of thinking in their pockets, they don't think in the future of our decaying society. Those 4 more weeks make a lot of a difference for a baby. This means moms can breastfeed a little bit longer (in case of not knowing how to have a breastmilk bank), give moms a little bit more time for finding help, but more than anything, makes moms and babies stay together a little longer.
Society needs more attached moms and babies. How can we let entrepreneurs understand the human value? How can we let them understand that if they want better workers in the future, they have to promote family values? How can they not understand that above anything, life comes first?
I really would like this law to pass, and believe me it would make an Earth of a difference and impact in future generations. It would be so awsome if like Uruguay, Panama also would let moms, if requested, work part-time (earning the same amount of money) if breastfeeding. If you compare Panamanian and Uruguayan crime statistics (we have the same amount of people), Uruguay has it way much lower. That would be an interesting fact to research in order to prove the importance of a securely-attached children in a society.