{"id":310831,"date":"2024-04-24T12:39:15","date_gmt":"2024-04-24T17:39:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.liveaction.org\/news\/?p=310831"},"modified":"2024-04-23T10:21:23","modified_gmt":"2024-04-23T15:21:23","slug":"employers-must-provide-abortion-accommodations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/employers-must-provide-abortion-accommodations\/","title":{"rendered":"Finalized EEOC guidelines require employers to provide abortion accommodations"},"content":{"rendered":"
<\/div>

The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) released a final rule clarification<\/a> to the Pregnant Workers Fairness Act (PWFA) last week, mandating that employers must make accommodations for women who get abortions.<\/p>\n

The PWFA, which became law last June, stipulates that employers must offer workplace accommodations to pregnant women, including assistance such as time off for prenatal or postnatal appointments and recovery from childbirth, and accommodations related to seating, breaks for food, water and restroom needs, light duty, breastfeeding, and miscarriage. Now, with the EEOC’s final ruling, abortion is included in the act’s definition of \u201cpregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions\u201d \u2014 meaning employers have to offer \u201creasonable accommodations,\u201d including time off, for women to get abortions.<\/p>\n

The measure applies to all employers with more than 15 employees, so long that it does not pose an \u201cundue hardship on the operation of the business of the covered entity.\u201d<\/p>\n

The EEOC did note that the stipulation does not require employers to pay for abortions. \u201cWith respect to abortion, the PWFA\u2019s requirements are narrow and will likely concern only a request by a qualified employee for leave from work,\u201d the commission said<\/a> in a statement.<\/p>\n

READ: Pro-abortion group calls laws protecting minor girls \u2018a worrying trend\u2019<\/em><\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

The U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB) issued a statement Friday criticizing the Biden administration’s new rule.<\/p>\n

\u201cNo employer should be forced to participate in an employee\u2019s decision to end the life of their child,\u201d said<\/a> Bishop Kevin C. Rhoades of Fort Wayne-South Bend, chairman of the USCCB’s Committee for Religious Liberty.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe bipartisan Pregnant Workers Fairness Act, as written, is a pro-life law that protects the security and physical health of pregnant mothers and their preborn children. It is indefensible for the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission to twist the law in a way that violates the consciences of pro-life employers by making them facilitate abortions. No employer should be forced to participate in an employee\u2019s decision to end the life of their child.\u201d<\/p>\n

The new rule is set to take effect<\/a> 60 days from its publication date, which was Friday, April 19.<\/p>\n

The DOJ put a pro-life grandmother in jail for protesting the killing of preborn children. Please take 30-seconds to TELL CONGRESS: STOP THE DOJ FROM TARGETING PRO-LIFE AMERICANS.<\/i><\/b><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) released a final rule clarification to the Pregnant Workers Fairness Act (PWFA) last week, mandating that employers must make accommodations for women who get abortions. The PWFA, which became law last June, stipulates that employers must offer workplace accommodations to pregnant women, including assistance such as time off […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":607,"featured_media":301109,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false},"categories":[3473,11],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"\nFinalized EEOC guidelines require employers to provide abortion accommodations<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission is mandating that employers must make accommodations for women to get abortions.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/employers-must-provide-abortion-accommodations\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Finalized EEOC guidelines require employers to provide abortion accommodations\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission is mandating that employers must make accommodations for women to get abortions.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/employers-must-provide-abortion-accommodations\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Live Action News\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/liveaction\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2024-04-24T17:39:15+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2024-04-23T15:21:23+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/GettyImages-1193759585-pregnant-worker.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1200\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"650\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Bridget Sielicki\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@liveaction\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@liveaction\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Bridget Sielicki\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/employers-must-provide-abortion-accommodations\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/employers-must-provide-abortion-accommodations\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Bridget Sielicki\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/354818e37fca891455094342cfaacf2f\"},\"headline\":\"Finalized EEOC guidelines require employers to provide abortion accommodations\",\"datePublished\":\"2024-04-24T17:39:15+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2024-04-23T15:21:23+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/employers-must-provide-abortion-accommodations\/\"},\"wordCount\":385,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/#organization\"},\"articleSection\":[\"Newsbreak\",\"Politics\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/employers-must-provide-abortion-accommodations\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/employers-must-provide-abortion-accommodations\/\",\"name\":\"Finalized EEOC guidelines require employers to provide abortion accommodations\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2024-04-24T17:39:15+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2024-04-23T15:21:23+00:00\",\"description\":\"The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission is mandating that employers must make accommodations for women to get abortions.\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/employers-must-provide-abortion-accommodations\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/employers-must-provide-abortion-accommodations\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/employers-must-provide-abortion-accommodations\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Finalized EEOC guidelines require employers to provide abortion accommodations\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/\",\"name\":\"Live Action News\",\"description\":\"Covering Human Rights, Abortion, & Pro-Life Issues\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":\"required name=search_term_string\"}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/#organization\",\"name\":\"Live Action\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/Live-Action-Logo-Black.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/Live-Action-Logo-Black.png\",\"width\":701,\"height\":710,\"caption\":\"Live Action\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/liveaction\",\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/liveaction\",\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/liveactionorg\/\",\"https:\/\/www.pinterest.com\/LiveActionFilms\/\",\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/user\/LiveActionFilms\"]},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/354818e37fca891455094342cfaacf2f\",\"name\":\"Bridget Sielicki\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/9cf04f4b8f1370c0d4ec72e4c6913a37?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/9cf04f4b8f1370c0d4ec72e4c6913a37?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Bridget Sielicki\"},\"url\":\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/author\/bridget-sielicki\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Finalized EEOC guidelines require employers to provide abortion accommodations","description":"The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission is mandating that employers must make accommodations for women to get abortions.","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/employers-must-provide-abortion-accommodations\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Finalized EEOC guidelines require employers to provide abortion accommodations","og_description":"The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission is mandating that employers must make accommodations for women to get abortions.","og_url":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/employers-must-provide-abortion-accommodations\/","og_site_name":"Live Action News","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/liveaction","article_published_time":"2024-04-24T17:39:15+00:00","article_modified_time":"2024-04-23T15:21:23+00:00","og_image":[{"width":1200,"height":650,"url":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/GettyImages-1193759585-pregnant-worker.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"Bridget Sielicki","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_creator":"@liveaction","twitter_site":"@liveaction","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Bridget Sielicki","Est. reading time":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/employers-must-provide-abortion-accommodations\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/employers-must-provide-abortion-accommodations\/"},"author":{"name":"Bridget Sielicki","@id":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/354818e37fca891455094342cfaacf2f"},"headline":"Finalized EEOC guidelines require employers to provide abortion accommodations","datePublished":"2024-04-24T17:39:15+00:00","dateModified":"2024-04-23T15:21:23+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/employers-must-provide-abortion-accommodations\/"},"wordCount":385,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/#organization"},"articleSection":["Newsbreak","Politics"],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/employers-must-provide-abortion-accommodations\/","url":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/employers-must-provide-abortion-accommodations\/","name":"Finalized EEOC guidelines require employers to provide abortion accommodations","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/#website"},"datePublished":"2024-04-24T17:39:15+00:00","dateModified":"2024-04-23T15:21:23+00:00","description":"The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission is mandating that employers must make accommodations for women to get abortions.","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/employers-must-provide-abortion-accommodations\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/employers-must-provide-abortion-accommodations\/"]}]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/employers-must-provide-abortion-accommodations\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Finalized EEOC guidelines require employers to provide abortion accommodations"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/#website","url":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/","name":"Live Action News","description":"Covering Human Rights, Abortion, & Pro-Life Issues","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/#organization","name":"Live Action","url":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/Live-Action-Logo-Black.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/Live-Action-Logo-Black.png","width":701,"height":710,"caption":"Live Action"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/liveaction","https:\/\/twitter.com\/liveaction","https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/liveactionorg\/","https:\/\/www.pinterest.com\/LiveActionFilms\/","https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/user\/LiveActionFilms"]},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/354818e37fca891455094342cfaacf2f","name":"Bridget Sielicki","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/9cf04f4b8f1370c0d4ec72e4c6913a37?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/9cf04f4b8f1370c0d4ec72e4c6913a37?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"Bridget Sielicki"},"url":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/author\/bridget-sielicki\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/310831"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/607"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=310831"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/310831\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":310970,"href":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/310831\/revisions\/310970"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/301109"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=310831"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=310831"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=310831"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}