…after he denied her request for an extension because she was already on maternity leave!
Think Progress is carrying an interesting and very important story today about a judge who would not extend a trial for a lawyer who was on maternity leave. She was then forced to show up to the court room with her baby in a carrier, strapped to her chest. When the baby began crying at the hearing, the judge berated her.
This story, rightly so, is trending right now on the internet and raising a lot of questions regarding maternity leave in the U.S. The attorney immediately filed a complaint against the judge after the hearing concluded.
These are important stories for us to consider and follow. The more attention this gets the sooner we will see consistency in the treatment of maternity leave in the U.S.