Should Your Boss Be Able to Fire You for Using Birth Control?
The DC Council recently passed a very good bill called the Reproductive Health Non-discrimination Amendment Act (RHNDA), which would protect DC workers from discrimination based on their reproductive health care decisions.
For example, it would prohibit an employer from firing an employee for using in vitro fertilization or birth control.
Sounds like common sense, right? Your boss shouldn’t be able to fire you for using birth control.
BUT THERE ARE TWO ISSUES FOR RHNDA
First, the DC Home Rule Act sets up a pretty complicated process for how a bill becomes a law in Washington, DC. Congress reviews all legislation passed by the democratically elected DC Council before it can become law, and if members of Congress decide they don’t like what they see, things can get a little messy.
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