d. health care reform
The administration racked up other significant victories. In the arena of women's rights, the Family and Medical Leave Act (1993) authorized unpaid leave for childbirth, adoption, and family medical issues, while the Violence Against Women Act (1994) funded sexual assault crisis centers and resources for battered women. Clinton's Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act (1994) enlarged the scope of capital punishment by imposing the death penalty for crimes such as large-scale drug running. In addition, federal prison construction expanded dramatically, and the law prescribed stiffer sentences for violent offenders. However, health care reform, a major goal of the administration, failed miserably. First Lady Hillary Rodham Clinton headed a campaign to make health care available to all working Americans under a plan that would have required employers to provide insurance for every employee. Republicans and insurers argued that the plan deprived consumers of a choice of health coverage, and the initiative failed.