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The Pregnancy Discrimination Act (PDA) of 1978 (Pub. L. 95–555) is a United States federal statute. It amended Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 to "prohibit sex discrimination on the basis of pregnancy." [1] [2] The Act covers discrimination "on the basis of pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions."
Factitious disorder (self-induced illness) can take many forms, and, during pregnancy, they include obstetric complications such as antepartum bleeding and hyperemesis. [ 14 ] [ 15 ] They also include simulation of labor by contractions of the abdominal muscles [ 16 ] or manipulation of tocodynamometry.
The Act mandates that employers must treat “women affected by pregnancy . . . the same for all employment-related purposes . . . as other persons not so affected but similar in their ability or inability to work.” [2] However, the Act provides exceptions for a "legitimate, nondiscriminatory, nonpretextual justification for these differences ...
When Norris-De La Cruz requested treatment for the ectopic pregnancy to prevent it from rupturing her fallopian tube, two doctors at the Arlington hospital refused to perform surgery and told her ...
2020 – After the passage of the ROE Act in 2020, which codified abortion rights in the state of Massachusetts, abortions can be performed after 24 weeks in cases of fetal anomalies and risks to a patient's mental or physical health. The ROE Act also lowered the age patients can have abortions without parental consent from 18 to 16. [248]
By Brendan Pierson (Reuters) -New York state's top prosecutor on Monday sued Heartbeat International, an anti-abortion group, and 11 crisis pregnancy centers, accusing them of misleading and ...
Changes to the federal tax code in 1976 permitted working families with a dependent child to take a tax credit on child care costs. In 1978, the Pregnancy Discrimination Act (PDA) prohibited employers from treating a woman unfavorably because of pregnancy, childbirth, or a medical condition related to pregnancy or childbirth. [11]
A 34-year-old mother in England learned that she had breast cancer shortly before giving birth to her first child. Laura Hudson from Manchester received a diagnosis of stage 2, grade 3 breast ...