This document provides guidance regarding the Pregnancy Discrimination Act and the Americans with Disabilities Act as they apply to pregnant workers. Pregnancy discrimination is also considered sex discrimination.Pregnancy discrimination is against the law. The EEOC enforces three federal laws that protect job applicants and employees who are pregnant. Here's a look at the development of pregnancy discrimination law, recently closed loopholes, and where we go from here. Jaimie contacted the ACLU, which filed a pregnancy discrimination claim on her behalf. Happily, this week we reached a settlement in her case. Pregnancy discrimination includes all forms of unfavorable treatment during all phases of the employment process. 3 Pregnancy Discrimination in the Workplace Cases.