What is missing is evidence that agents of the Teachers Association talked them out of it. Ultimately, however, the EEOC may not be complaining about pregnant teachers' inability to combine sick with general leave. It is undisputed that until September 1983 a teacher could not receive six weeks' sick pay, without having to show actual inability to work, followed by unpaid leave to care for the infant. But no teacher affected by a condition other than pregnancy could have obtained six weeks' sick pay without demonstrating inability to work. Surely the EEOC does not believe that pregnancy invariably incapacitates a woman for six weeks.
Some women work until the day they give birth and are back on the job in a week.
Heroic efforts by mothers may not be good for children, and con- siderate employers do not encourage mothers to desert their babies in this fashion, but the school district's sick leave policy addresses only physical inability to work. The Teachers' Association asks for an award of attor- neys' fees under 42 U.S.C. sec.