She ruled out the possibility of unfavourable treatment of the intended mother relating to pregnancy because she was not pregnant, and found no evidence of direct or indirect discrimination. (newlawjournal.co.uk)
Discrimination is the favourable or unfavourable treatment of a person or thing based on criteria other than individual merit - for example, gender, race, or other categories the person or thing belongs to. (law.stackexchange.com)
Direct discrimination requires the unfavourable treatment to be «on the grounds of» the characteristic, implying some element of deliberation in it. (feedspot.com)