May 8, 2012, 8:15 am By KJ DELL'ANTONIA
Pregnancy is not a disability, but pregnant workers can still need protection.
Pregnancy
is specifically not covered under the Americans With Disabilities Act,
which requires that employers provide reasonable accommodations to
disabled employees who need them to do their jobs. This is fine with
most pregnant women: the idea that pregnancy is a disability raises
hackles. If pregnancy is a disability, then most women (82 percent of
women will be pregnant at some point during their lifetime) are
periodically less abled than men. Click HERE to read more from the New York Times.