The Missouri House passed a bill today that would let employers fire and landlords evict if a woman uses birth control, has had an abortion or a baby out of wedlock. https://www.bustle.com/p/missouri-i...for-jobs-because-you-take-birth-control-65917 http://www.stltoday.com/news/local/...cle_95d3182d-f65b-56ea-8a9d-e7b7e1b0ab1e.html
Riverman doesn't think I know enough about other countries because I haven't been to them. Made a mistake and went to Peurto Vallarta against my instincts. Won't ever go to Missouri, learned my lesson with Mexico. What a bunch of morons.
It sounds patently unconstitutional (no matter what MarAzul says!) Birth control is a fundamental privacy right protected but the 4th Amendment.
I don't think it matters if I agree with you, it appears it matters what the law makers in Missouri say. Carry on!
If I may play devil's advocate--don't the existing anti-discrimination laws pretty much allow employers and landlords the latitude to discriminate against anyone for any reason not listed as a protected class according to the EEOC? Like, isn't it legal to only hire people without tattoos, or discriminate against left-handed people? Why should birth control usage be placed at the same level of protection as race, gender, or sexual orientation?
Well perhaps I don't want to rent a place to children for what ever reason. If I then ask a woman for proof she uses birth control before I rent the place to her, might seem be rude, but I why not legal?
Do you think this new law in Missouri is fair? Should employers be able to fire their employees because they take birth control?
Should employees be able to fire their employers because they wear Nikes? If not, should there be a law on the books protecting employees' footwear choices?
Fair? I don't know what the intent is of the law is. I don't know how the employer is going to know, so why have the law?
