# I'm tired of women being discriminated against for healthcare

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-tired-of-women-being-discriminated-against-for-healthcare/398910>\
**Category:** The BBQ Pit\
**Created:** [April 5, 2007, 10:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-tired-of-women-being-discriminated-against-for-healthcare/398910 "2007-04-05T22:40:56Z")\
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**Author:** ![Broomstick](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/broomstick/32/246_2.png) [@Broomstick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Broomstick)\
**Post date:** [April 14, 2007, 1:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-tired-of-women-being-discriminated-against-for-healthcare/398910/221 "2007-04-14T01:38:24Z")

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[QUOTE=Antinor01]  
This bears repeating. It is federal law that both men and woman are entitled to 12 weeks of leave following the birth of a child. Your company is not doing anything special by allowing the leave, if they didn’t they would be in serious trouble.  
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NOW it is Federal law - the company was offering it BEFORE it was required.

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**Author:** ![lowbrass](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/dc4da7/32.png) [@lowbrass](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lowbrass)\
**Post date:** [April 14, 2007, 7:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-tired-of-women-being-discriminated-against-for-healthcare/398910/222 "2007-04-14T19:32:14Z")

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[QUOTE=Belrix]  
My wife’s pregnancy costs were covered out of \*my \*pocket…  
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Sounds like you had crappy insurance. Or no insurance.

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