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A pregnant Georgetown Law School student will be able to postpone her final exam following an outcry online, The Washington Post reported.
Second-year law student Brittany Lovely is due to give birth on Dec. 2 and has a final scheduled for Dec. 13. The university initially denied her request to take the exam early or at home, essentially requiring her to choose between taking the test in person with her newborn in tow or failing the class.
Under the federal gender equity law known as Title IX, universities are required to provide accommodations for all pregnant students, as well as those who have recently given birth. An online petition that circulated last week called on Georgetown to approve the requested accommodation, accusing the university of violating Lovely’s Title IX rights.
The Post reported that Lovely has been working on a solution for months. After the petition circulated, the university reversed course.
Georgetown Law School officials told the Post that they had “reached a mutually agreeable solution” with Lovely, allowing her to defer the exam until January.
“That’s great that they figured out a way to do that,” Lovely told the Post. “But why have I been fighting them for months?”
