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federal judge has issued a permanent injunction blocking enforcement of certain provisions of the Pregnant Workers Fairness Act (PWFA) against an estimated 9,000 Catholic employers.T
he Catholic Benefits Association (CBA) had sued the EEOC on behalf of its members, along with the Diocese of Bismarck, alleging that an EEOC rule requiring employers to consider worker accommodations for abortion and infertility treatments, violated CBA members’ religious and free speech righ
ts.In granting the Catholic organization a permanent injunction, US District Judge Daniel Traynor barred the EEOC from enforcing the PWFA in a manner that would require its members or the Diocese of