Should pregnant and nursing women quit working for employers who refuse to accommodate their needs? Or should the law protect their needs and force employers to comply with needed accommodations? A South Dakota lawmaker rankled parents with a comment related to the failure of proposed legislation aimed at workplace accommodations during and after pregnancy.

Key Takeaways:

• Rep. Wayne H. Steinhauer was among a group of lawmakers who voted last week to shelve a bill (HB1120,) which would have required reasonable workplace accommodations both during and after pregnancy.
• Because so many other businesses are just jumping to hire a pregnant woman as it is — especially ones who aren’t willing to offer reasonable accommodations because YOU REFUSE TO MAKE IT THE LAW.
• Don’t tell women who they want to work for. If you pass the law, then businesses will have to follow that law and we wouldn’t have to “get the heck out of there” in the first place.

“A South Dakota lawmaker has some interesting advice for workers who aren’t offered pregnancy-related accommodations on the job: “It’s not prison. You can quit.””

https://blogs.babycenter.com/mom_stories/you-wont-believe-what-this-lawmaker-told-pregnant-workers/