A federal judge on Monday issued a preliminary injunction against a Biden administration rule forcing employers to provide “reasonable accommodations” for employees to obtain abortions even if doing so conflicts with state law or an employer’s religious beliefs.
“This is a textbook case of a federal administrative agency exceeding its statutory authority in a way that both usurps the role of Congress and violates authority vested in the states under the principles of federalism,” declared U.S. District Judge David Joseph of the Western District of Louisiana.
In 2022, Congress passed and President Joe Biden signed the Pregnant Workers Fairness Act (PWFA). That law expanded the equally unconstitutional Americans with Disabilities Act’s definition of “disability” to include “known limitations related to pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions.” Employers were thus required to provide “reasonable accommodations” for such a “disability.” […]
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