Contraceptive-Making Pharmaceutical Company Sued for Pressuring Employee to Abort Baby

Wednesday April 7, 2010
By Thaddeus M. Baklinski
NEW YORK

(LifeSiteNews.com) - The Swiss-based pharmaceutical company Novartis is the subject of a class action lawsuit in the U.S. due to begin today.

The lawsuit claims that the company has sexist practices that discriminate against women in areas of pay, promotions, and pregnancy-related matters. Among the allegations is that at least one employee was pressured to abort her baby.

The 17 plaintiffs, women who worked for the drug giant in the United States, claim they are representing 5,600 of their colleagues and are seeking total damages of $200 million. the rest