In Court: Should Employers Accommodate Pregnant Workers?
Should employers make special accommodations for workers who are pregnant? And if so, how far should they go?
That is the question before the justices of the U.S. Supreme Court Wednesday.
The case centers on a former truck driver, Peggy Young, and the company she used to work for, United Parcel Service.
Young lost her job with UPS, where she had been employed for four years, after she requested temporary light-duty work when she became pregnant in 2006. As a result, she also lost her health insurance.
She claims that the termination was a violation of the Pregnancy Discrimination Act passed in 1978.
Attorneys for UPS claim the Act wasn't created to accommodate pregnancy, only to bar employer discrimination in hiring pregnant workers.
It's a case about reproductive rights that has created strange bedfellows, aligning advocates on opposite sides of the abortion issue.
More than 20 pro-life groups are backing Young's argument, along with the ACLU and other groups that support abortion.
Leaders in the pro-life movement say their support for Young is based on their mission to help prevent women from getting abortions.
**CBN News is following the case and wil update it including a statement expected later tpoday by the woman. Stay with CBN News online for complete coverage, etc.
