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An Act For All Contexts: Incorporating The Pregnancy Discrimination Act Into Title Ix To Help Pregnant Students Gain And Retain Access To Education, Kendra H. Fershee
An Act For All Contexts: Incorporating The Pregnancy Discrimination Act Into Title Ix To Help Pregnant Students Gain And Retain Access To Education, Kendra H. Fershee
Kendra H Fershee
Few would agree that pregnancy discrimination is a tolerable by-product of a modern society. Yet there is at least one segment of society where pregnancy discrimination can thrive - federally funded schools. Even though Title IX was passed in 1972 to bar discrimination in school based on sex, it is quite possible for schools to discriminate based on pregnancy with little impunity. Worse, those who suffer the discrimination cannot sue for the harms they suffered in federal court, nor can they seek monetary redress, even if they were financially harmed by the discrimination.
The status of Supreme Court precedent, coupled …