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Book SynopsisA survey of the controversial issue of foetal protection policy in the workplace. The author argues for a practical strategy which will maximize women's employment choices and reproductive health while keeping foetal risk and harm to a minimum.
Trade ReviewBlank does an admirable job balancing the rights of women with the necessity of providing adequate protection for the unborn from legitimate workplace hazards. Particularly impressive is the compilation of medical and legal data along with the analysis of fetal protection policy to this point in America. While the range of solutions suggested... are sure to spur debate, they present reasonable alternatives to presently flawed policies. -- Joseph Losco, Ball State University
Table of ContentsChanging views of maternal responsibility; history of sex discrimination in the US workplace; evidence of reproductive hazards in the workplace; foetal protection policies - protection through exclusion; government response to foetal protection policies after title VII; compensation for reproductive damage in the workplace; alternatives to foetal protection policies; building rational policy for women in the workplace.
