Here's the thing.
If you want to fire because of pregnancy then say so. I am firing you because you got fucking pregnant.
The thing is the companies dont say that. They cook up some bullshit other reason.
So they are lying cowards. Fuck lah. All talk so big here behind anonymity. But when put in real life will sheepishly not say the truth also.
Fucking sinkies.
Here’s the thing - u are getting too fucking emotional and losing objectivity.
Employer and employee relationship is a consensual contractual relationship. Employee sells services and employer buys those services. It is unfair to force employers to pay for “no services” aka maternity leave. It may be good for society to have women work and have children at the same time, but if it is a public good, then the public should pay for it and not the unfortunate private party who happens to hire a cow who keeps getting pregnant.
Angmors are just as bad as Sinkies when it comes to this. In my previous UK employer, a candidate was passed over because she got married one or two years ago and it was thought that she may get pregnant shortly after joining. So we gave the job to a guy who obviously cannot get pregnant.
However good the intention is for giving certain benefits, one must always be prepared for evil humans gaming the system. A pregnant co-worker gave birth 3 months ago, took the paid holiday of 3 months for shake legs do nothing, and promptly resigned after the maternity leave was used up. And she went into maternity leave shortly after completing probation. No problem for present employer because they make plenty of money and have a very solid client base of rich people, but the same cannot be said for a mom and pop business with say three employees and one of them gets fucking pregnant!
Since employers are prohibited by law from firing due to pregnancy, they will protect themselves by other means - not hiring newly married women, firing them for other than the real reason, etc. This is just basic human behaviour to protect against other evil human gamers ahem beings regardless Sinkie, Chinkie or AngMor.