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The PWFA was designed to s
upport pregnant workers. But when the EEOC included abortion in the mix, a fe
d
eral court hit pause. TL;DR: A federal judge in Louisiana just struck down
par
t of the EEOC’s new rules under the Pregnant Workers Fairness Act (PWFA) that required employers to accommodate elective abortions. But that doesn’t mean employers can punish workers for having one. Title VII of the Civil Rights Act still prohibits that kind of discrimination. 📄 Read the full decis
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on What’s This All Ab
out?
In April 2024, the EEOC
issued new rules under the PWFA—a law that requires employers to make