There's some public assistance available, but for some things (like housing, sadly), they're not always immediately available, and there can be long waiting lists.

"Average person" might depend on age group. You're probably right about the average 20-something, but as we age, family members die and friends move away or start families of their own. (Though, in this context, you're probably right because it's about people who are pregnant. The average pregnant person probably has at least one person they could ask for help.)

Have you ever tried applying for public assistance? Do you think that a government which is already failing to enforce the Pregnant Workers Fairness Act is doing much to ensure that welfare is accessible to anyone?

My family let me stay with them about two weeks after my ex husband illegally kicked me out. I slept on a friends floor for about a year after. I was lucky to have that level of help. Many do not.

The way I got out of that situation was working (and continuing to work) 60-80 hours a week.

This comments reeks of never had to struggle in life lol. I’m going to choose to believe you’re just young and fortunate. If you quit your job you don’t get unemployment usually. This is America, public assistance is sparse to be generous, and to qualify for it you have to be actively looking for a job, including those Amazon Warehouse positions. Despite what the American right would have you believe, you can’t just choose not to work and then live fat dumb and happy on the taxpayers dime.

And no, the average person previously working at an Amazon warehouse doesn’t have a huge support system. If they did, they probably wouldn’t have been working at an Amazon warehouse while that pregnant to begin with. And to burden what support network you do have with voluntary unemployment is… kinda nuts.