NEWS> Preganacy and Title IX: A Lawsuit Will Test Title IX Protection Against Pregnancy Discrimination

  • From: Gleason Sackmann <gleason@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: NetHappenings <nethappenings@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Thu, 8 May 2003 08:13:34 -0500

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From: "David P. Dillard" ?jwne@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx?
Sent: Wed, 7 May 2003 20:12:42 -0400 (EDT)

According to Tara Brady's lawsuit filings, her college and her coach
discriminated against her upon learning that she was pregnant and planned
to carry the pregnancy to term.

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A New Lawsuit by a Female Athlete Tests Title IX's Protection Against
Pregnancy Discrimination
By JOANNA GROSSMAN
lawjlg@xxxxxxxxxxx
Tuesday, May. 06, 2003
?http://writ.news.findlaw.com/grossman/20030506.html?


While a student at Connecticut's Sacred Heart University, Tara Brady was
notable for two things: her basketball promise and her pregnancy. As a
sophomore on a full athletic scholarship, Brady became pregnant, and made
known her intention to complete the pregnancy and raise the child (now a
14-month old boy).

According to a lawsuit Brady filed last month in federal court, the
reaction of her coach, Edward Swanson, and the University to the news of
her pregnancy was to discriminate against her. Brady claims that their
discriminatory actions violated Title IX of the Education Amendments of
1972. (Title IX is a federal statute that prohibits schools that receive
federal financial assistance from discriminating on the basis of sex.)

If Brady's allegations are proven true, her Title IX claims against the
University - based both on its own actions, and her coach's - are
promising. Brady has also sued her coach individually for emotional
distress. (According to most courts, Title IX does not permit individuals
to be held directly liable under Title IX.)

Brady's Allegations: Discrimination Once Her Pregnancy Was Public

According to Brady's complaint, she revealed her pregnancy at the end of
her sophomore year, while working in a summer basketball camp, a job that
was guaranteed under the terms of her scholarship. At first, she says, her
coach took the news well. But after consulting with university officials,
he told her she would be a "distraction" and should leave Sacred Heart.

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