Sheer madness, as you’d expect of any proposal from the Harperson. Women will seek to become (or remain) MPs in order to get 6 months paid maternity leave – or multiples thereof – not available elsewhere. In the meantime people who’ve voted for them will have to be represented by people they haven’t elected, at additional cost to the taxpayer (probably two women working part-time). If the MP was selected from a Labour all-women shortlist, will her replacement(s) have to be female too? You can bet they will.
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Justice for Men & Boys 
They should be required to apply for the Chiltern Hundreds, ie resign. This period of leave disenfranchises their constituents.
A man – or older woman – likely to be sick for that time frame would be expected to do so.
Incidentally I think a sick man should be a valid comparator for a pregnant woman. The question is, is that absence sustainable?
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