Employers must provide \u201cpregnant persons\u201d with accommodations to procure and recover from abortions under the Pregnant Workers Fairness Act (PWFA), a memo from the National Women\u2019s Law Center (NWLC) recently declared.<\/p>\n
President Joe Biden signed H.R. 1065, the PWFA, in December 2022. National abortion organizations such as NARAL Pro-Choice America and Planned Parenthood advocated for the bill, as well as the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops.<\/p>\n
Prior to the bill\u2019s passage, CatholicVote warned that PWFA could be used to force employers to pay for abortion-related expenses.<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019m surprised some pro-life groups just didn\u2019t seem to realize how this bill is going to impact their own operations,\u201d said CatholicVote Director of Government Affairs Tom McClusky this week. \u201cUnder the bill, as the NWLC is now clearly stating, pro-life organizations can be sued if they don\u2019t provide their employees special leave to get abortions.\u201d<\/p>\n
The NWLC, founded in 1972, is a legal advocacy group fighting for \u201cgender justice \u2013 in the courts, in public policy, and in our society.\u201d The website notes \u201cfor 50 years, NWLC and our supporters have been on the leading edge of every major legal and policy victory for women,\u201d including the fight against Hobby Lobby in 2014.<\/p>\n
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