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	<title>Comments on: A Bill to Make Employers Less Mean to Pregnant Women</title>
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		<title>By: www.bgpublicity.com</title>
		<link>http://www.todaysworkplace.org/2012/10/03/a-bill-to-make-employers-less-mean-to-pregnant-women/comment-page-1/#comment-1610866</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 07 Jun 2013 15:11:23 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Hi there, just wanted to say, I loved this blog post. It was inspiring. Keep on posting!]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Hi there, just wanted to say, I loved this blog post. It was inspiring. Keep on posting!</p>
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		<title>By: Charles Read</title>
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		<dc:creator>Charles Read</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 04 Oct 2012 16:52:54 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Ms. Chen:

I am assuming that the pregnancy is voluntary; in this day and age that is a good assumption.

Since this is a voluntary disability why should an employer have to make any accommodation at all?  If the job is a health risk to the mother or the baby why is it now the employer’s problem? 

The employer did not make the woman pregnant.  It is not the job of the employer to take care of her or the baby.  Where is the father in this picture?  He is at least half responsible for the situation.

If I as an employer am going to have to take on the responsibilities of the father what does that do to further erode traditional families that have provided for children for all of history.

It is neither the employer’s nor the government&#039;s responsibility to cope with voluntary disabilities. 

The woman got pregnant; she needs to face the consequences of her decision.  I as the employer did not hire a pregnant woman and if she can do the job she can&#039;t do the job.  End of letter.

Liberals have to stop wanting everybody to have everything and have somebody else pay for it.  Employer’s profits are limited and if we have to pass it out to every half-baked scheme that some nut wants we will have nothing left to pay taxes for the rest of the crazy junk politicians come up with.

Where in the Constitution does it even begin to broach the idea it is my responsibility as an employer to make accommodations for half the population that takes it upon themselves to become disabled voluntarily.  Please let me know I can&#039;t find it in my copy.

Regards,

Charles]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Ms. Chen:</p>
<p>I am assuming that the pregnancy is voluntary; in this day and age that is a good assumption.</p>
<p>Since this is a voluntary disability why should an employer have to make any accommodation at all?  If the job is a health risk to the mother or the baby why is it now the employer’s problem? </p>
<p>The employer did not make the woman pregnant.  It is not the job of the employer to take care of her or the baby.  Where is the father in this picture?  He is at least half responsible for the situation.</p>
<p>If I as an employer am going to have to take on the responsibilities of the father what does that do to further erode traditional families that have provided for children for all of history.</p>
<p>It is neither the employer’s nor the government&#8217;s responsibility to cope with voluntary disabilities. </p>
<p>The woman got pregnant; she needs to face the consequences of her decision.  I as the employer did not hire a pregnant woman and if she can do the job she can&#8217;t do the job.  End of letter.</p>
<p>Liberals have to stop wanting everybody to have everything and have somebody else pay for it.  Employer’s profits are limited and if we have to pass it out to every half-baked scheme that some nut wants we will have nothing left to pay taxes for the rest of the crazy junk politicians come up with.</p>
<p>Where in the Constitution does it even begin to broach the idea it is my responsibility as an employer to make accommodations for half the population that takes it upon themselves to become disabled voluntarily.  Please let me know I can&#8217;t find it in my copy.</p>
<p>Regards,</p>
<p>Charles</p>
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		<title>By: Marc Brenman</title>
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		<dc:creator>Marc Brenman</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 04 Oct 2012 00:30:27 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[This is kind of other-worldly:  &quot;We don’t hesitate to help them carry their groceries or give them a seat on the bus.&quot;  I&#039;m guessing that Michelle Chen has never been in this position.  I don&#039;t recall seeing the former in a zillion years, and the latter happens only once in a while on DC&#039;s Metro.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>This is kind of other-worldly:  &#8220;We don’t hesitate to help them carry their groceries or give them a seat on the bus.&#8221;  I&#8217;m guessing that Michelle Chen has never been in this position.  I don&#8217;t recall seeing the former in a zillion years, and the latter happens only once in a while on DC&#8217;s Metro.</p>
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