In his State of the Union address tonight, President Obama will call on Congress, states and cities to pass measures requiring paid sick leave for parents and other employees.

Last week he signed a presidential memorandum directing government agencies to give federal workers up to six weeks of advance paid sick leave to care for a new child. But for the rest of us, paid parental leave doesn't exist in the United States except for in a handful of states.

Reporter Claire Suddath investigates the state of the U.S. maternity leave system in the current issue of Bloomberg Businessweek and joins Take Two to discuss.