What: NBC talked to a half dozen pregnant federal workers who lost their jobs due to Elon Musk’s indiscriminate DOGE firings. One is Emily Erroa, who was eight months pregnant when she was fired from her job in HR for the Department of Energy. First she was told she was being fired, then she was told she wasn’t, only to learn, once again, that she was losing her job. That experience sent her to the hospital, worried that the stress had triggered early labor. She has since had to move from Texas to Missouri to be closer to family for help.

Key line: “Gracie Lynn, 32, was recently fired from her job at the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau. Lynn, who lives in Eugene, Oregon, and said she had been seeing a maternal fetal specialist over concerns of a potential heart issue for the baby, was immediately worried she would face thousands of dollars of additional bills. She said the doctors think the baby will be fine, but it took the federal government two weeks to give her the paperwork that allowed her to apply for temporary continuation of coverage for health care.”

Source: NBC News