(NPR) Professor Sues Religious University After Allegedly Being Fired For Getting Pregnant

Now a story about a professor in Oregon who says when she told her employer she was pregnant, she got a pink slip instead of congratulations. That’s because she worked at a Christian school and because she’s not married. NPR’s Carrie Johnson reports.

CARRIE JOHNSON, BYLINE: Coty Richardson spent four years teaching exercise science at Northwest Christian University. She says she loved in the small classes at the school in Eugene, Ore., and she loved its values and caring environment.

COTY RICHARDSON: Christ-centered community that’s based on, you know, loving one another, loving yourself, kindness, tolerance of other individuals.

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