"It is part of the U.S. Census data. Maternity is a form of disability. It is a carveout meant to cover a unique circumstance."
WRONG AGAIN... Even a broken clock is right more times a day than you are. No wonder you are so frustrated. It must be difficult to have to make-up "Facts" to support your unfounded position.
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Pregnancy by itself is generally not considered a disability under the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) because it does not meet part of the definition of disability. However, complications resulting from pregnancy and impairments exacerbated by pregnancy may constitute disabilities. To have a disability under the ADA, a person must have an impairment that substantially limits one or more major life activities.
The following is from the EEOC's guidance regarding the definition of disability:
Pregnancy -- Because pregnancy is not the result of a physiological disorder, it is not an impairment. 29 C.F.R. pt. 1630 app. § 1630.2(h); see also Byerly v. Herr Foods, Inc., 61 EPD Par. 42,226, 2 AD Cas. (BNA) 666 (E.D. Pa.1993). Complications resulting from pregnancy, however, are impairments.
Example 1 -- CP is in the third trimester of her pregnancy. Her pregnancy has proceeded well, and she has developed no complications. CP does not have an impairment. Pregnancy, by itself, is not an impairment.
Example 2 -- Same as Example 1, above, except CP has developed hypertension. CP has an impairment, hypertension. (Remember that the mere presence of an impairment does not automatically mean that CP has a disability. Whether the hypertension rises to the level of a disability will turn on whether the impairment substantially limits, or is regarded as substantially limiting, a major life activity.) http://www.eeoc.gov/policy/docs/902cm.html
WRONG AGAIN... Even a broken clock is right more times a day than you are. No wonder you are so frustrated. It must be difficult to have to make-up "Facts" to support your unfounded position.
http://askjan.org/soar/other/preg.html
Pregnancy by itself is generally not considered a disability under the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) because it does not meet part of the definition of disability. However, complications resulting from pregnancy and impairments exacerbated by pregnancy may constitute disabilities. To have a disability under the ADA, a person must have an impairment that substantially limits one or more major life activities.
The following is from the EEOC's guidance regarding the definition of disability:
Pregnancy -- Because pregnancy is not the result of a physiological disorder, it is not an impairment. 29 C.F.R. pt. 1630 app. § 1630.2(h); see also Byerly v. Herr Foods, Inc., 61 EPD Par. 42,226, 2 AD Cas. (BNA) 666 (E.D. Pa.1993). Complications resulting from pregnancy, however, are impairments.
Example 1 -- CP is in the third trimester of her pregnancy. Her pregnancy has proceeded well, and she has developed no complications. CP does not have an impairment. Pregnancy, by itself, is not an impairment.
Example 2 -- Same as Example 1, above, except CP has developed hypertension. CP has an impairment, hypertension. (Remember that the mere presence of an impairment does not automatically mean that CP has a disability. Whether the hypertension rises to the level of a disability will turn on whether the impairment substantially limits, or is regarded as substantially limiting, a major life activity.) http://www.eeoc.gov/policy/docs/902cm.html