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“ Federal and state laws ban discrimination against pregnant women in the workplace. And amendments to the Americans With Disabilities Act require employers to provide reasonable accommodations to disabled employees (including most employees with medical complications arising from pregnancies) who need them to do their jobs. But because pregnancy itself is not considered a disability, employers are not obligated to accommodate most pregnant workers in any way. As a result, thousands of pregnant women are pushed out of jobs that they are perfectly capable of performing — either put on unpaid leave or simply fired — when they request an accommodation to help maintain a healthy pregnancy. Many are single mothers or a family’s primary breadwinner. They are disproportionately low-income women, often in physically demanding jobs with little flexibility.
Pregnant, and Pushed Out of a Job - NYTimes.com (via whenrobotsreproduce)
Conservative logic:
Allow pregnant people to safely terminate their pregnancies? NOOOOOO WHAT ABOUT THE BABBIEEZZZ??
OK, give pregnant people rights in the workplace so they can support themselves and a new baby? NOOOOOOO WHAT ABOUT THE JOBS?????
Just further proof — like we needed any — that they only care about fetuses and money.
-Jess
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