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'Really been a struggle' Bill to protect pregnant workers to get House vote. Female lawmakers say...
'Really been a struggle': Bill to protect pregnant workers to get House vote. Female lawmakers say it's crucialSavannah Behrmann, USA TODAY
Published 10:28 AM EDT May. 14, 2021 Updated 11:09 AM EDT May. 14, 2021
WASHINGTON – Rep. Jaime Herrera Beutler, R-Wash., told USA TODAY she went into labor with her first child years ago when she was running from a House office building to the U.S. Capitol to cast votes.
Rep. Linda Sánchez, D-Calif., during her pregnancy in 2009, developed gestational diabetes, a complication only 2%-10% of women develop, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
Both women belong to a small group of just 10 women in history to have served as a U.S. lawmaker while pregnant.
Such developments could have been much riskier for both of them and their babies if they had been working a different kind of job that's more physically demanding or not as flexible, like the waitressing one Sánchez had before she went to college, the congresswoman told USA TODAY.
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https://www.usatoday.com/in-depth/news/politics/2021/05/14/congresswoman-push-bipartisan-bill-protect-pregnant-employees/7129808002
