Pregnancy discrimination continues, 41 years after US ban

For 41 years, federal law has banned pregnancy discrimination in the workplace. But the stories tumbling out this week show it’s far from eradicated.
Many were prompted by presidential candidate Elizabeth Warren’s claim that she was forced out of a teaching job in 1971 because she was pregnant. When some raised doubts about Warren’s account, women pushed back on Twitter and Facebook with their own similar experiences.
Police officers, academics, fast food workers and others des