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[quote=Anonymous]This is a pointless argument.  Does someone with medical issues have to disclose their problems before getting hired?  Especially people with permanent issues?  Pregnancy is not a permanent physiological state, it ends.  So, as an employer, what are you really worried about?  A woman who is going to be a parent of a young child and will need more flexibility, time off, etc?  Should you then ask everyone to disclose their family status before getting hired?  How far really will we go if people are supposed to disclose such things, there is no limit.  this is why there are no discrimination laws, because there would be no limit to discrimination otherwise.

As an employer you never know whether the person you hire will turn out to be a problem.  ANYONE, you may not suspect, can be a problem.  and people without problems leave companies before their first year is over.  There is no guarantee, it's a moot point.  I know a few men who mooch off the system and have taken their employers for a ride in liability court.  besides, if you hire a woman who is already pregnant, you are not obligated to pay FMLA, so it's actually cheaper than hiring a woman of reproductive age, who will wait for her benefits to kick in before getting knocked up. [/quote]

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