ABSTRACT
But the claim to rights on the part of women had from the beginning brought them into a seeming opposition with virtue, an op-
EQUALITY’S RIDDLE: PREGNANCY AND THE EQUAL TREATMENT/SPECIAL TREATMENT
DEBATE
USE VOGEL
In January 1987, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled on a case that posed the question of whether it is possible to reconcile equality norms with policies treating pregnant workers differently from other workers. The case involved a bank receptionist, Lillian Garland, who sought to return to her job under a California statute requiring employers to provide unpaid job-protected disability leaves to their pregnant employees. When the Supreme Court upheld the legitimacy of the California law, its decision was widely welcomed as a victory for working women.
