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A federal judge in North Dakota on Monday<\/a> placed a preliminary injunction on federal regulations that require employers to offer time off for abortion.<\/p>\n

The guidelines in question expanded the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission’s (EEOC) Pregnant Workers Fairness Act (PWFA) to stipulate that employers have to offer “reasonable accommodations<\/a>,” including time off, for women to get abortions. This provision was challenged by the Catholic Benefits Association and the Diocese of Bismarck on the basis that it violated their religious freedom. The Catholic Benefits Association represents<\/a> 87 Catholic dioceses in the United States, along with 1,400 other Catholic organizations.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe EEOC\u2019s rulemaking has betrayed the firm understanding that the PWFA exists to protect pregnant women, postpartum mothers, and their babies \u2014 not force religious employers to provide material support for and engage in speech supportive of abortions or immoral fertility treatments,\u201d the plaintiffs said in their complaint<\/a>.<\/p>\n

U.S. District Judge Daniel Traynor granted the preliminary injunction, noting that the rule \u201cforces members to choose between expressing sincerely held beliefs and compliance,\u201d and would cause \u201cirreparable\u201d harm. Traynor said the Catholic organizations were likely to succeed in their lawsuit.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt is a precarious time for people of religious faith in America. It has been described as a post-Christian age,\u201d Traynor wrote<\/a>. \u201cOne indication of this dire assessment may be the repeated illegal and unconstitutional administrative actions against one of the founding principles of our country, the free exercise of religion.\u201d<\/p>\n

Traynor also said the Catholic organizations did not have to comply with EEOC harassment regulations “in a manner that would require them to speak or communicate in favor of abortion, fertility treatments, or gender transition when such is contrary to the Catholic faith.\u201d<\/p>\n

Martin Nussbaum, a lawyer for the plaintiffs, praised the injunction. “Given the profound moral issues the EEOC has created by its mandates, the members of the Catholic Benefits Association are grateful to have their religious rights vindicated by this order,” he said<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Urge Walmart, Costco, Kroger, and other major chains to resist pressure to dispense the abortion pill<\/i><\/b><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

A federal judge in North Dakota on Monday placed a preliminary injunction on federal regulations that require employers to offer time off for abortion. 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