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Wednesday, May 6, 2009 12:00 AM

Pregnancy Discrimination Act: fail?

Workplace protections actually hurt women, say moms. Well, one mom, anyway.
Lynn Harris

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  • Wednesday, May 6, 2009 01:44 PM

    I love these sorts of discussions

    I am really familiar with the kinds of theoretical discussions of the negative impact of rules around discrimination on the basis of pregnancy. These were the kinds of discussions we were having in Ontario oh about 20 to 25 years ago, when we ended this sort of discrimination.

    Women (and pregnant women) still ended up getting hired. Maybe these conservative types might look at the empirical evidence elsewhere before they make these absolutely absurd claims.

    Cheers

    Andrew

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