I'm disgusted

[andrewducker]

If you are a woman, know one, or are related to one then you'll almost certainly be as sickened as I am by this article on discrimination against pregnant mothers.  But not terribly surprised by most of it.  The bit that gets to me is that an advisor to the government is saying it, and nobody is speaking out to contradict him...

Comments

[cairmen.livejournal.com]

Hard data - Because there's clearly an intuitive connection between pregnancy/maternal leave/motherhood and diminished ability to work, at least for some people, and this debate becomes a non-issue if it turns out that there is, in fact, no reported reduction in productivity. Provably no reduction in productivity from getting pregnant = no reason to ask about plans so to do.

Terminally ill relative - yes, that seems like a reasonable example in the same ballpark.

First sentence - see John's comment.