November 22, 2024

URGENT ACTION NEEDED: Sign petition to support Brittany and Baby Lovely NOW

URGENT ACTION NEEDED: Support the Accommodations and Rights Protection for Brittany and Baby Lovely—and All Pregnant Students!

According to students, Georgetown Law reportedly denied reasonable accommodation, a violation of Title IX, to a pregnant student named Brittany Lovely. Brittany is expected to give birth to Baby Lovely within the first two weeks of December. Brittany requested reasonable accommodations and Georgetown Law has reportedly denied her recommendations, stating that it would be inequitable to all the other non-birthing students in her class.

As you likely know, FFL has worked with Georgetown University since FFL President Serrin Foster moderated the first FFL Pregnancy and Parenting Resource Forum in 1997. It became a model for other schools across the country and inspired state and national legislation. Most recently, FFL Public Education Coordinator Joyce McCauley-Benner moderated the 29th Forum. Serrin has reached out to GU, however, our relationships are with the administrators who make up a safety net for pregnant students who are undergraduates, not the law school.

Georgetown students created a petition for supporters like us to sign now!

If you are a Georgetown alum, especially a donor or parent of a student, you have the most influence on administrators! Please contact them ASAP to SUPPORT BRITTANY AND BABY LOVELY NOW. They deserve better!