Pregnancy discrimination act - sustany/dvg GitHub Wiki

An amendment to�Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964�passed in 1978 to prohibit discrimination against employees based on pregnancy, childbirth, or pregnancy related medical conditions. The Act amended�42 U.S.C. � 2000e�to add: �the terms �because of sex� or �on the basis of sex� include, but are not limited to, because of or on the basis of pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions; and women affected by pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions. . .� However, employers are not required �to pay for health insurance benefits for abortion, except where the life of the mother would be endangered. . .�