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Judge: Firing for lactating not sex discrimination

A Houston woman who says she lost her collection agency job because she wanted to pump breast milk for her newborn child has lost a lawsuit accusing her employer of sex discrimination.

In a lawsuit filed on behalf of Donnicia Venters, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission argued that Houston Funding fired her in February 2010 over the lactation issue.

"I didn't think anything was...

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