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Charlene Carter of Colorado may soon resume the job she loves after a Texas judge ordered her to be reinstated at Southwest Airlines on December 5, 2002. <\/span>Carter had been dismissed from her job for criticizing the pro-abortion stances of her union and union leadership, according to U.S. District Judge Brantley Starr, in a <\/span>highly critical ruling<\/span><\/a>.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Carter suffered <\/span>trauma<\/span><\/a> from an abortion as a teenager and has been an <\/span>outspoken opponent<\/span><\/a> of the procedure. In 2017, she became critical of her union president, Audrey Stone, who had attended the national Womens\u2019 March in Washington, D.C., and supported abortion in her official capacity. Carter contacted Stone via Facebook and publicly revealed the union\u2019s activities in favor of the Women\u2019s March.<\/span><\/p>\n

In her messages to Stone, Carter\u00a0<\/span>stated<\/span><\/a>, \u201cThis is what you supported during your paid leave with others at the Women\u2019s March in D.C.,\u201d and \u201c\u2026 You truly are despicable in so many ways.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

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Southwest officials soon met with Carter and she was fired. With the help of the National Right to Work Foundation, Carter pursued her legal case against the airline and its union and was initially awarded <\/span>$5.3 million by a jury<\/span><\/a>. Her judgment included compensation for pain and suffering.\u00a0 Six months later, Judge Starr has reduced her award to <\/span>$810,180<\/span><\/a> to conform to national laws limiting such payments. The airline has been directed to reinstate Carter’s employment at their company, to conspicuously post the legal documents, and to notify all employees by email of the order.<\/span><\/p>\n

As part of the ruling, the airline and its union are also forbidden \u201cfrom discriminating against Southwest flight attendants for their religious practices and beliefs, including\u2014but not limited to\u2014those expressed on social media and those concerning <\/span>abortion<\/span><\/a>.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

Southwestern Airlines has stated through their spokesperson that they will appeal the ruling <\/span>to the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Charlene Carter of Colorado may soon resume the job she loves after a Texas judge ordered her to be reinstated at Southwest Airlines on December 5, 2002. 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