Jennifer Erickson was employed by Bartell Drug Company. Jennifer sued the company because its insurance plan failed
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Jennifer Erickson was employed by Bartell Drug Company. Jennifer sued the company because its insurance plan failed to provide coverage for prescription contraceptives. She alleged that this was a form of sex discrimination under Title VII and a violation of the Pregnancy Discrimination Act (PDA). Her employer defended by arguing that its failure to provide coverage for prescription contraceptives did not violate Title VII or the PDA because contraceptives were voluntary, were preventive, and did not treat or prevent an illness or disease and because control of one's fertility was not pregnancy, childbirth, or a related medical condition under PDA. If you were the court, how would you decide? Is failure to provide insurance coverage of prescription contraceptives a form of sex discrimination? Or pregnancy discrimination? Both? Neither? Explain the reasons for your answer.
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