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Due Protections: The Pregnancy Discrimination Act at 40
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Due Protections: The Pregnancy Discrimination Act at 40

3 months ago

Ruth Bader Ginsburg in 1977. Photograph: Lynn Gilbert Immediately, Susan Struck’s political positions are nothing that might stick out in a pink state like...

Maternal Mortality: A National Embarrassment
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Maternal Mortality: A National Embarrassment

6 months ago

People spend extra money on childbirth than another nation, however we’re not getting a superb return on our funding. Lower than a century in the past, roughly...