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Jarrett: We must end pregnancy discrimination
CNN ^ | July 20, 2014 | Valerie Jarrett

Posted on 07/20/2014 2:52:10 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet

More than 30 years ago, Congress wisely passed the Pregnancy Discrimination Act. Yet today, many pregnant women still experience unfair and unnecessary challenges on the job.

Nondiscrimination has been the law of the land for over three decades, yet, in some workplaces, the standard for treatment of pregnant women has remained in the dark ages. Some are fired or demoted, with no hesitation, when a modest accommodation would allow them to continue to work and support their families.

The stories are heart-wrenching and preventable. There's the pregnant woman who was terminated when, in violation of company policy, she started carrying a water bottle on advice of her doctor to fight urinary and bladder infections.

Or the store clerk who was fired when her physician restricted her to lifting only lighter loads due to her pregnancy, even though during the course of work she rarely needed to lift heavier weights.

I vividly remember early on in my career when I was eight months pregnant, working literally around the clock, and worrying that each trip to the restroom or my need to catch the occasional catnap was causing my colleagues to question whether I could keep up....

(Excerpt) Read more at cnn.com ...


TOPICS: Business/Economy; Culture/Society; Government; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: obama; pregnancy; valeriejarrett; waronwomen
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Remind me which elected, appointed or judicial office this woman holds.
1 posted on 07/20/2014 2:52:10 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
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Remind me which elected, appointed or judicial office this woman holds.

Regent: "A person appointed to administer a State because the Monarch is a minor, is absent or is incapacitated."

2 posted on 07/20/2014 2:54:20 PM PDT by COBOL2Java (I'm a Christian, pro-life, pro-gun, Reaganite. The GOP hates me. Why should I vote for them?)
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I think it’s discriminatory that men aren’t allowed to get pregnant. ...


3 posted on 07/20/2014 2:56:35 PM PDT by Vendome (Don't take life so seriously-you won't live through it anyway-Enjoy Yourself ala Louis Prima)
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Vizier, /vəˈzi(ə)r/, noun, historical noun: vizier; plural noun: viziers a high official in some Muslim countries, especially in Turkey under Ottoman rule.
4 posted on 07/20/2014 2:56:47 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet (The most dangerous man to any government is the man who is able to think things out for himself.)
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The “president” speaks ...


5 posted on 07/20/2014 2:56:53 PM PDT by Ken522
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Yup


6 posted on 07/20/2014 2:57:06 PM PDT by COBOL2Java (I'm a Christian, pro-life, pro-gun, Reaganite. The GOP hates me. Why should I vote for them?)
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ValJar:


7 posted on 07/20/2014 2:58:43 PM PDT by COBOL2Java (I'm a Christian, pro-life, pro-gun, Reaganite. The GOP hates me. Why should I vote for them?)
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when I was eight months pregnant, working literally around the clock, and worrying that each trip to the restroom or my need to catch the occasional catnap was causing my colleagues to question whether I could keep up....

Well, Val, considering that your “colleagues” would be
the ones picking up YOUR slack, I’d say they had a real
interest in the process.


8 posted on 07/20/2014 2:59:21 PM PDT by tet68 ( " We would not die in that man's company, that fears his fellowship to die with us...." Henry V.)
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so Jarrett is behind all the crazy things coming out of the WH


9 posted on 07/20/2014 2:59:37 PM PDT by molson209 (Blank)
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All? Doubtful. Many? Probably.


10 posted on 07/20/2014 3:01:32 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet (The most dangerous man to any government is the man who is able to think things out for himself.)
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Satan’s mouthpiece, the shrew named Jarrett speaks.


11 posted on 07/20/2014 3:02:32 PM PDT by A message
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I think it’s discriminatory that men aren’t allowed to get pregnant....

We should sue!

12 posted on 07/20/2014 3:02:46 PM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum ("The man who damns money obtained it dishonorably; the man who respects it earned it." --Ayn Rand)
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To: Ken522

Why is Valerie Jarrett giving directives? Why are the ideas of a Muslim-Brotherhood-connected, EVIL, witch being promoted by CNN? Obama is too stoned to do his job? The Muslim Brotherhood will now do his job?


13 posted on 07/20/2014 3:02:46 PM PDT by abclily
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Jarrett and the Muslim Brotherhood are behind everything that comes out of the WH.


14 posted on 07/20/2014 3:03:56 PM PDT by abclily
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The result of pushing this agenda is much higher employment rates for women over 40 relative to those of childbearing age.


15 posted on 07/20/2014 3:04:55 PM PDT by tbw2
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:)


16 posted on 07/20/2014 3:06:23 PM PDT by fatima (Free Hugs Today :))
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It’s all about the “war on women” drumbeat.
You’ll hear a lot more before November.


17 posted on 07/20/2014 3:09:23 PM PDT by nascarnation (Toxic Baraq Syndrome: hopefully infecting a Dem candidate near you)
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So, Valerie, maybe businesses will just hire older women instead of listening to you, especially since it is none of your damn business!

Businesses don’t work like the government, Valerie, they have to make decisions based on what is profitable to them or close their doors.


18 posted on 07/20/2014 3:12:32 PM PDT by kcvl
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Jarrett is a pathological liar, as well as having an agenda for everything, that has nothing to do with whatever subject she raises. This being accepted as an axiom, what is she really up to?

Nothing even slightly associated with the subject at hand, of course.


19 posted on 07/20/2014 3:13:30 PM PDT by yefragetuwrabrumuy ("Don't compare me to the almighty, compare me to the alternative." -Obama, 09-24-11)
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Maybe this communist Iranian nutjob plans on running for Mullahness in Chief


20 posted on 07/20/2014 3:17:23 PM PDT by dforest
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