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TWI Pregnancy Policy

Pregnancy Policy for Staff for '96-'97

1) Wives 34 years old and younger for the year '96-'97 --no pregnancies.
2) Couples with two children or more -- no pregnancies.
3) Couples where the immediate overseer believes it would not be best (for whatever reason) -- no pregnancy this year.
4) Corps in a new assignment -- wait until January if all other requirements fit.
5) Fertilization methods must be cleared through Trustees.

Any exceptions to this policy must be cleared by the Board of Trustees.

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The above described policy was STILL in effect as of April 99 and WayDale has not learned that this policy has been lifted yet.

TWI actually have a "PREGNANCY POLICY" in place that all Way Corps and all staff at root locations MUST comply with. It has been in place for about three years now. The policy came in when the Corps went working fulltime with the ministry. It was to help curb medical costs for the ministry.

TWI have a clearly defined policy on who can have children and who can not. It is based on age and how many children the couple already have. For example a newly married couple that were in their twenties could not have children under this plan.

The Wainrights (Eric and Linda?) were dropped from the Corps and FIRED from their TWI jobs for getting pregnant. It was their sixth or seventh pregnancy.

Craig Martindale yelled and screamed at a corps meeting about this situation and condemned her "Roman Catholic mindset" in getting pregnant so many times.

Dwight and Lisa Lambert were also FIRED from their TWI jobs and dropped from the Corps as a result of Lisa getting pregnant for the second time. Her pregnancy did not fall within the guidelines of The Way Pregnancy Policy. Martindale spoke very disparagingly of Dwight and Lisa in a Corps meeting when this happened.

They did not have permission to be an exception to the Pregnancy Policy. LCM accused them of being extremely evil in their handling of this matter. He openly discussed their situation on a Way Corps phone hookup and condemned them openly for their failure to comply with the policy.

08/16/2000 - WayDale has been told that TWI have lifted their Pregnancy Policy for staff (we haven't heard about Way Corps). This is an unconfirmed report (only one person has reported this) and should be treated as such. If indeed the lifting of this mandate is true, WayDale wonders what prompted it -- was it due to some potential legal ramifications?