Sentences with phrase «against pregnant women»

The grants can also be used to combat violence against pregnant women.

But I am absolutely against a pregnant woman getting high.

«With all due respect to recent New York transplants, I don't remember seeing them standing with us as we passed a clinic defense act, passed a bill outlawing so - called crisis pregnancy centers, or passed laws that banned discrimination against pregnant women in New York,» said Ms. Quinn.

BBC2 TV's «The Money Programme» is investigating discrimination against pregnant women in the workplace and how their partners and children are affected.

Pregnancy discrimination is prohibited under both federal and New Jersey laws, since both recognize discrimination against pregnant women as a form of sex discrimination.

= > The Unborn Victims of Violence Act is a United States law introduced into congress in 1999 which defines violent as sault committed against pregnant women as being a crime against two victims: the woman and the fetus she carries.

Distinctions between synthetic and natural vitamin A have been absent in the extensive media coverage of this study — on the contrary, the newspaper reports contain implied warnings against pregnant women eating liver, dairy products, meat and eggs, but none against eating fabricated foods like margarine and breakfast cereals to which synthetic vitamin A is added — and one is moved to ask if there might be a hidden agenda in bringing these results before the public.

Not much is known about how ketones impact pregnancy and so we recommend against pregnant women from going on a strict ketogenic diet or using supplemental BHB.

Pregnant women and individuals with compromised immune systems are particularly susceptible to toxoplasmosis, and doctors have long advised against pregnant women cleaning litter boxes for this reason.

«The Supreme Court of Canada said employers can not discriminate against pregnant women and that benefit plans for new parents must be consistent with the Human Rights Code and Charter of Rights and Freedoms.»

Sharps says the intervention, one of few studies to have shown a reduction in violence against pregnant women, is key to helping this demographic.

CIVIC CENTER — The City Council passed legislation on Tuesday designed to prevent discrimination against pregnant women in the workplace, closing a loophole that left a grey area between federal protections and those on the books in New York City.

The Pregnancy Discrimination Act bans employment discrimination against pregnant women.

She said it is «established law in this country that pregnancy, especially high - risk pregnancy, is recognized as a legal disability — and discrimination against pregnant women is fundamentally unfair.»

«Research reduces violence against pregnant women.»

The results, published in the journal Acta Obstetricia et Gynecologica Scandinavica, show that the prevalence of partner violence against pregnant women is high in Spain when compared with nearby countries, in which the figure hovers around 3.4 % to 8.3 %.

An investigation into the prevalence of domestic violence against pregnant women has found that 22.7 % endure some kind of violence — emotional, physical or sexual — within their relationship.