It's a relatively new federal law, it's only been on the books and active for about a year, that provides protection for pregnant women in the workplace. Pregnancy discrimination is against the law.The EEOC enforces three federal laws that protect job applicants and employees who are pregnant. Travis Waldron of Think Progress comments on Gov. Fill out the following form prior to your admittance to Virtua. Registering before your hospital stay will speed up the admission process on your big day. Travis, supra note 8 (analyzing the role of causal attribution narratives in combating pregnancy discrimination in the workplace). 15. Afterward, I started to feel a numbness in my legs. The Pregnant Workers Fairness Act's passage is one of the biggest advances in civil rights law in decades. 1.