Back in the 1970's Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg (the "Notorious RBG") litigated and lost pregnancy discrimination cases in the Supreme Court; then skillfully advocated for Congress to pass what became the Pregnancy Discrimination Act. Now, in a new case, Young v. UPS, the Pregnancy Discrimination Act is again before the Court. Dorothy Samuels discusses this interesting confluence of history in the New York Times: Deja Vu Pregnancy Discrimination.
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December 02, 2014
The Pregnancy Discrimination Act and Justice Ginsburg Come Full Circle
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