I’ve been receiving a disturbing (well, disturbing from my perspective) number of hits from people searching for resources about being pregnant and laid-off. I am going to list the important resources that I know about in one place:

• Facts about Pregnancy Discrimination
• How to File a Charge of Pregnancy Discrimination
• Pregnant Workers Report Growing Discrimination and Pregnancy Discrimination Suits on the Rise

In short, in the United States, you can definitely be legally laid-off when you are pregnant. But you can’t be laid-off because you’re pregnant. It’s a critical distinction.