8.The Final Pregnancy Battle: Beyond the Supreme Court
The plaintiff's lawyers heard the court say that responsibility to end pregnancy discrimination rested with Congress, and they moved ahead. The EEOC had already determined that a loss at the Supreme Court would lead them to lobby for congressional action. The Pregnancy Discrimination Act of 1978 was passed and signed less than two years after the GE case. Pregnancy discrimination was now sex discrimination.
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