Selena Njegovan disappointed pregnancy exemption limited to five teams
With three members of Team Lawes trying to balance pregnancy with curling at times this season, Selena Njegovan was pleased her squad received an exemption to add an out-of-province replacement player for the national championship.
Backlash was swift, with several high-profile members of the curling community criticizing the decision. “It was meant to be in addition to an already progressive pregnancy and parental leave policy,” Curling Canada CEO Kathy Henderson said on a Thursday video call. “There was a lot of nuance in it because we certainly in no way, shape or form want to be discriminatory.
“We want it to be for all women, which we reiterated from the beginning,” she said. “But they stuck with the five teams rule.” “It’s really disappointing to me that Curling Canada is not supporting all of their athletes,” McEwen told The Canadian Press. “It’s like we’re making these rules and all these women who are pregnant or trying to get pregnant, it’s hard.
However, the Curling Canada news release a day later – in an unusually specific mention – said that Njegovan was “not expected to travel to Kamloops.” Njegovan added she hasn’t seen any rules or documents from Curling Canada regarding team involvement at the nationals when a player is on pregnancy leave.
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