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[quote=Anonymous]Well, there are a few reasons.  Discriminating against pregnant women would basically mean not hiring reproductive age women at all, because most of them will have kids at some point.  Women are not YET equals of men in capacity and performance in the workplace in many people's minds -- but at the same time, it seems like any employer would be hard pressed to eliminate most women from his hiring pool.

Taking it one step further, providing reasonable maternity leave policies & flexibility for parents of young children is a retention mechanism.  Again, most people have kids, so you can't really eliminate them from your work force.  Providing a new mom with enough leave & support so that she can successfully return to the workplace just makes good economic sense.  If you give her 6 weeks leave then expect her to be fully ramped up right when she returns -- well, of course most women won't be ready for that.  But if you have a realistic leave policy then you'll be able to hire and retain excellent, qualified women who just happen to be mothers as well.[/quote]

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