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1992

Labor and Employment Law

International Union

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Fetal Hazards, Gender Justice, And The Justices: The Limits Of Equality, David L. Kirp Oct 1992

Fetal Hazards, Gender Justice, And The Justices: The Limits Of Equality, David L. Kirp

William & Mary Law Review

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Patriarchy, Paternalism, And The Masks Of Fetal Protection., A. Kimberley Dayton Jan 1992

Patriarchy, Paternalism, And The Masks Of Fetal Protection., A. Kimberley Dayton

Faculty Scholarship

This essay is a response to John Kennedy's defense of Johnson Controls, Inc.'s fetal protection policy which was struck down last year in International Union, UAW v. Johnson Controls, Inc. A unanimous Supreme Court held in the case that the policy, which excluded women from a "fetotoxic" workplace, violated the federal employment discrimination laws. The Court's decision was issued only a day before Kennedy was scheduled to debate the issue of whether Title VII bars fetal protection policies with Professor Elinor Schroeder at the Kansas Journal's first symposium on March 21-22. 1991. The Court's decision rendered the technical statutory issues …