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A rising number of pregnant women in Pa. report workplace discrimination, while other states pass laws to prevent it

Forty years after the Pregnancy Discrimination Act was passed, a push to update state and federal laws has resulted in changes in more than half of states. But in Pennsylvania, a proposed bill has not been passed, and an increasing number of women have reported discrimination in the last five years.

Lynee Boney, 30, of  Germantown, has filed a lawsuit against her former employer, which she says cut her hours after she got pregnant.
Lynee Boney, 30, of Germantown, has filed a lawsuit against her former employer, which she says cut her hours after she got pregnant.Read moreTYGER WILLIAMS / Staff Photographer