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2015년 2월 2일

저자:
Galen Sherwin, American Civil Liberties Union

Firing a Mom Because She's Breastfeeding Is Sex Discrimination

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A few months ago, I posted about Angela Ames, the Nationwide Insurance worker who alleged that she was denied a place to pump breast milk when she returned to work from maternity leave. When she protested, Angela was coerced into resigning by her supervisor, who told her she should "just go home and be with your babies". In January, the Supreme Court…reject[ed] her petition for a review of the dismissal of her case…saying that she didn't take sufficient steps to complain internally before writing her letter of resignation…The trial court also held, nonsensically, that even if Angela had been fired because she was breastfeeding that was not sex discrimination, in part because men can lactate under certain circumstances…