These laws require employers and schools to cease sex discrimination when it comes to public accommodations, jobs and sports.

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Child-care centers, churches, motels and other public accommodations have until December 2012 to make sure their cribs meet the new standards.

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The ADA requires equal access to "public accommodations, " which include restaurants, retail stores, movie theaters, recreational facilities and other physical spaces that are spelled out by the law.

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Washington (CNN) -- Some 23 years after Congress used federal muscle to open jobs, public transportation and public accommodations to disabled Americans, another venue is coming under the federal mandate -- swimming pools.

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