Situation faced by some East German women

The job situation is so dire in East Germany that some women living there have taken to including medical certificates that state they are sterilized with their job applications. Women all over Germany face tremendous difficulties at workplaces during their childbearing years. Employers simply won't often hire these women especially if they happen to be married. They feel that eventually they will get pregnant and then take the three months off after giving birth and who will replace them? To get around this aversion on the part of employers some East German women are taking extreme measures: getting sterilized.