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]

1) I'm specifically not talking about discrimination on grounds of sex, and I'm not sure how many people seem to have gotten the idea that's what this discussion is about. I'm talking, specifically, about whether hiring decisions should be allowed to be made and questions should be allowed to be asked about future plans to have children. I'm perfectly happy to allow that as a gender-neutral thing - ie, let's include men who are intending to have kids too.

2) Ok, so, for example, is it not reasonable or fair to increase health insurance premiums for smokers, for example? Or car insurance premiums for people under 25 or with less than a year's driving experience? In both cases these premium increases are based on "statistical generalisations", as you put it - there's no way to show that an individual driver will definitely crash just because he's young and inexperienced.