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]

Yup, there's a certain level of "just don't go there, it'll get complicated and horrible" that is certainly applicable to this argument - by which I mean that it's reasonable to say "look, don't ask this at interview, there's no way it will end well, and it's kinda government's responsibility to avoid lots of civil lawsuits if possible."

Issue 2's a problem too. Neither of them are knock-out counters to my devil's advocate argument, but they do present some pretty big and reasonable problems.