The Trump Administration Is Trying to Make It Easier to Fire Unmarried Pregnant Women

[babylonsister]

The Trump Administration Is Trying to Make It Easier to Fire Unmarried Pregnant Women
A new rule from the Department of Labor uses the guise of religious beliefs to allow discrimination.


The Department of Labor proposed a new rule this week that would make it easier for employers to discriminate against workers who they say violate their religious beliefs, including members of the LGBTQ community, pregnant women who are not married, and others.

The proposed rule, published Thursday in the Federal Register, purports to “clarify the scope and application of the religious exemption” in the Equal Opportunity Clause, making it easier for employers who contract with the federal government to claim religious exemptions in their hiring and firing decisions.

The ACLU says that the rule would persecute marginalized workers under the guise of religious freedom.

more...

https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2019/08/trump-administration-rule-religious-belief-discrimination-lgbtq-unmarried-pregnant/

[bitterross]

1. Adulterers and Divorced need not worry.

That would rule out too many people at the top.

[Dawson Leery]

2. "The Handmaiden's Tale" can be a reality.

[no_hypocrisy]

3. First they make it damned near impossible to get an abortion and then

they fire you for wearing the Scarlet A.

[royable]

4. Perhaps the women won't be able to be fired if they're victims of rape or incest

since that was obviously the will of god.

[Liberty Belle]

5. Won't this result in more abortions?

if a pregnant woman loses her job and can't afford to have a baby, she may just end her pregnancy.

So much for a "pro life" attitude among these religious bigots.