Rights of Pregnant Women Cases

AT&T Corp v. Hulteen - Determined whether an employer violates Title VII when, in making post-Pregnancy Discrimination Act (“PDA”) eligibility determinations for pension and other benefits, the employer does not restore service credit lost by female employees when they took pregnancy leaves under pre-PDA policies. May 2009

California Federal Savings and Loan Association v. Guerra - Determined whether state statutes that place greater obligations on employers conflict with the federal Pregnancy Leave Act. January 1987

Crawley v. South Carolina - Concerned a federal habeas petition filed by a woman serving a five-year prison sentence for using crack cocaine when she was pregnant. July 2001

Ferguson v. City of Charleston - Determined the constitutionality of a South Carolina policy that allowed warrantless and nonconsensual drug testing of women seeking prenatal treatment at a Charleston public hospital. March 2001

Germain v. County of Suffolk - Determined whether a Suffolk County Park Police Department policy that penalizes pregnant women is discriminatory. July 2009

In re Baby Boy Blackshear - Determined the legality under Ohio law of prosecuting woman under child abuse law for ingesting cocaine during pregnancy that was present in newborn child. October 2000

United Auto Workers v. Johnson Controls, Inc. - Determined whether a policy that prohibits potentially fertile and pregnant women from participating in occupations that could be detrimental to their reproductive capacities constitutes sex discrimination in violation of Title VII. March 1991

Whitner v. State - Determined whether a viable fetus is a child for purposes of South Carolina's child abuse and child endangerment statute. October 1997