A Louisiana federal judge’s decision to vacate parts of EEOC pregnancy accommodation rules illustrates a narrowed view of agencies’ abilities to regulate on abortion after the US Supreme Court ended the constitutional right to access it.
Judge David C. Joseph of the US District Court for the Western District of Louisiana found the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission lacked authority to include abortion since it was not explicitly in the Pregnant Workers Fairness Act passed by Congress. Joseph, a Trump appointee, said having an abortion is not a “related medical condition” tied to pregnancy under the PWFA.
The ruling is part ...