Turner v. Department of Employment Security of Utah

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• ruling that statute making pregnant women ineligible for unemployment benefits for a certain period was unconstitutional
• holding a conclusive presumption that women were incapable of working for a period preceding and following pregnancy infirm
• striking down state unemployment compensation statute making pregnant women ineligible for unemployment benefits for period beginning twelve weeks before expected delivery date and six weeks after childbirth
• striking down state unemployment compensation statute making pregnant women ineligible for unemployment benefits for period beginning twelve weeks before expected delivery date and six weeks after childbirth
• striking statute creating, for purposes of eligibility for unemployment compensation, irrebuttable presumption that pregnant women are unable to work for the period extending from twelve weeks before the expected date of childbirth through six weeks after childbirth
• conclusive presumption that pregnant women are ineligible for unemployment benefits until six weeks after childbirth violates due process

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