A New Jersey abortion clinic has filed for bankruptcy after losing a legal battle with several former employees who said they were fired after becoming pregnant, the Wall Street Journal reported today. Pilgrim Medical Center Inc. filed for chapter 11 protection after a judge awarded more than $1 million to three ex-workers who sued the clinic for discrimination. The legal award against Pilgrim Medical Center, which is based in Montclair and employs 22 people, is worth more than half of the $1.8 million in revenue the clinic took in last year, according to documents filed in U.S. Bankruptcy Court in Newark. The clinic is appealing the judgment. The former employees — two medical assistants and an administrative worker — sued in the fall of 2013, accusing supervising physician and clinic owner Nicholas Campanella of punishing them for taking or requesting maternity leave.
