Carli Lloyd was headed into her tenth season of professional volleyball when she found out she and her long-term partner were pregnant. This deeply personal news came at a high professional cost. Carli and her partner didn’t even get a chance to process this news personally before it was thrust into the public view and her contract was swiftly cancelled. Traumatic as it was, Carli’s story isn’t unusual. She joins us to reflect on women’s rights in professional athletics and the culture shifts being seen across some sports to mandate pregnancy policies and protect maternity leave for mothers.
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