On Tuesday, Congresswoman Carolyn B. Maloney, with Congressional Maternity Care Caucus co-chairs Congresswomen Jaime Herrera Beutler and Lucille Roybal-Allard and co-chairs of the Black Maternal Health Caucus Alma Adams and Lauren Underwood, introduced the Providing Urgent Maternal Protections (PUMP) for Nursing Mothers Act. The PUMP for Nursing Mothers Act will close a coverage gap in […]
Supreme Court Declines to Hear Petition Overturning a Pregnancy Discrimination Decision
The court of appeals reasoned that firing a woman for breastfeeding is not sex discrimination because men can also lactate.
Breastfeeding Woman Pushed To Resign Will Not Get Discrimination Trial
Despite the Pregnancy Discrimination Act of 1978’s bar on discrimination toward pregnant employees, many American women are forced out of their jobs or denied accommodations that would allow them to continue working once they become pregnant.
Woman Sues After Being Harassed and Denied Space to Pump Breast Milk at Work
“My employer ignored its legal obligations, allowed me to be bullied and harassed, and then retaliated against me for standing up for my rights.”