"Pregnancy is of course confined to women, but it is in other ways significantly different from the typical covered disease or disability."
— William Rehnquist

January 1, 1970

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General Electric Co. v. Gilbert, 429 U.S. 125 (1976) (majority opinion); the ruling allowed GE's employee disability insurance plan to exclude conditions arising from pregnancy.