More than 120 members of Congress have urged the Supreme Court to recognize that pregnant workers are entitled to reasonable accommodations such as light duty, saying it's needed to ensure that expectant mothers are not forced out of their jobs. In a friend-of-the-court brief, the Democratic lawmakers - 99 from the House, including Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi , and 24 senators - said UPS delivery driver Peggy Young of Lorton, Va., was treated unfairly by her employer when it asked her to take unpaid maternity leave rather than provide a less strenuous position as her doctors advised.
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