Pregnant Lady is Kicked Out of a Bar, Now She's Considering a Lawsuit -- Naturally

An eight-months pregnant woman was sipping cocktails water at a Chicago-area bar last Thursday with friends when a bouncer pulled her aside and asked if she was pregnant. He had to make sure, probably. When she answered in the affirmative, the bouncer told the 29-year-old she needed to leave -- for the bar's safety and hers.

Michelle Lee said that on Thursday night she noticed the bouncer looking at her as she walked past him toward the restroom. She said that she and her friend, Lisa Ruiz, 29, had each ordered water, and Ruiz also ordered a shot of alcohol. When they headed back toward their table, the bouncer asked to speak with Lee privately, Lee said. She asked why, but he insisted that they move to the front of the bar, she said. Once there, he asked if she was pregnant, and then told her she would have to leave. When Ruiz chimed in that her friend was drinking water, he said that it didn't matter. If anything happened to her, the bar owners could be held liable, he told them. "They more or less escorted her out," said Ruiz, of Hoffman Estates. "I was actually shocked because we have gone there before."

Now the ACLU is chiming in saying the bar has no right to discriminate against a pregnant person. Furthermore, Illinois law says it's illegal to serve a guest who shows signs of intoxication, but it can also be illegal to deny service to a woman just because she is pregnant. Michelle (pictured) tells the Chicago Tribune she's considering taking the case to court because "[she] wasn't causing any trouble [and] just want to be treated like everybody else."


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