translate English to French: Only women can become pregnant; must  we accept for that reason that they must be deprived of the benefits which  would otherwise be granted? In the United States, where a charter of long standing safeguards equal  rights, the development of related legislation confirms this opinion.
La jurisprudence arbitrale canadienne prédominante à ce sujet est dominée par la décision rendue par l’arbitre H. T. Brown dans Re Canadian Unions of Public Employees and Corp. of the Borough of York (1971, 22 L. A. C. 389) "The period of pregnancy from and after the date on which the employee leaves the employment on leave of absence for this purpose is an entire period of disability.