KUAR | By Sonny Albarado / Arkansas Advocate
The attorneys general of Arkansas and Tennessee filed a federal lawsuit Thursday seeking to halt enforcement of a new federal rule that requires employers to accommodate pregnant workers who want or need an abortion.
The rule, finalized last week by the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, extends the 2022 Pregnant Workers Fairness Act’s definition of workplace accommodation to include abortion.
The lawtook effect in June 2023, and requires employers to accommodate “known limitations” connected with “pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions.” But proposed rules that included abortion in the law’s definition of “related medical conditions” generated significant opposition.
Arkansas, Tennessee file suit over federal pregnant-worker protections rule
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The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission is attempting to extend a law to protect pregnant to people to also protect people who want an abortion.