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When Georgetown Law student Brittany Lovely, who is scheduled to give birth in December, shortly before final exams, asked for permission to take her test early, late, or remotely, the answer she got from the Catholic university was a flat denial.
Citing university policy, the school's administrators told Lovely that granting her accommodations would be "inequitable to other non-birthing students in her class,” she told the Washington Post.
“Motherhood is not for the faint of heart,” she said she was told. Her was given a choice: she could either take the exam soon after childbirth with her newborn or fail and request to withdraw from the class. Even when her doctor weighed in, calling Lovely’s request both “reasonable and necessary,” the law school refused to budge.
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Citing university policy, the school's administrators told Lovely that granting her accommodations would be "inequitable to other non-birthing students in her class,” she told the Washington Post.
“Motherhood is not for the faint of heart,” she said she was told. Her was given a choice: she could either take the exam soon after childbirth with her newborn or fail and request to withdraw from the class. Even when her doctor weighed in, calling Lovely’s request both “reasonable and necessary,” the law school refused to budge.
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Georgetown law student wins petition for pregnancy accommodations after initial denial
Only after students banded together to organize a petition, which quickly went viral, did Brittany Lovely get permission to schedule her exam ahead of the birth of her baby.
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