1. Congress passed the Pregnancy Discrimination Act (PDA) in 1978 as an amendment to Title VII. It has been illegal for employers to discriminate against pregnant women. The act broadened the definition of sex discrimination to cover pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions. It prohibits using these to discriminate in hiring, promotion, suspension or discharge, or any other term or condition of employment. According to this act if an employer offers its employee’s incapacity coverage, then pregnancy and childbirth should be treated like every different disability and enclosed in the health
