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Pregnant Workers Fairness Act

A file photo shows a woman working while she was 8 months pregnant at a store in Jerome, Idaho. Fifty Republican members of Congress have filed an amicus brief in the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals supporting the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops in their lawsuit against the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) over abortion-related regulations imposed on the Pregnant Workers Fairness Act. (OSV News photo/Shannon Stapleton, Reuters)

Lawmakers back US bishops' bid to block abortion from pregnant worker protection rules

Kate Scanlon|May 28, 2026|2 Min Read

EEOC

Judge blocks government from requiring Catholic employers to accommodate abortions, IVF

Daniel Payne|Apr 17, 2025|3 Min Read

EEOC

Judge shields Catholic employers from mandate to provide time off for abortion, IVF

Jonah McKeown|Sep 24, 2024|3 Min Read

Pregnant

US bishops sue EEOC over regulation adding abortion to pregnant worker protections

Kate Scanlon|May 23, 2024|4 Min Read

EEOC

Pregnant Workers Fairness Act to include accommodations for abortion

Peter Pinedo|Apr 16, 2024|3 Min Read

Burbidge

Bishops protest Biden administration’s addition of abortion to pregnant workers protections

Tyler Arnold|Aug 9, 2023|3 Min Read

Pregnant

U.S. bishops back bill to protect pregnant workers as some warn it’s paid abortion leave

Katie Yoder|Dec 7, 2022|5 Min Read

People are seen near the Washington Monument in Washington Nov. 28, 2020. (CNS photo/Tyler Orsburn)

USCCB's Labor Day statement touts bills to help children, women, families

Mark Pattison|Aug 31, 2022|4 Min Read

Ariana Mora of Jerome, Idaho, works while 8 months pregnant Oct. 27, 2021. The Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee advanced the Pregnant Workers Fairness Act in August by a 19-2 vote that same year. The House of Representatives approved the bill 315-101 three months earlier. (CNS photo/Shannon Stapleton, Reuters)

Broad effort to pass bill supporting pregnant workers focuses on Senate

Dennis Sadowski|Feb 9, 2022|4 Min Read

A pregnant woman is seen outside the U.S. Supreme Court in Washington in this 2016 file photo. The Pregnant Workers Fairness Act was passed with a bipartisan vote by the House Sept. 17, 2020. (CNS photo/Tyler Orsburn)

House passage of Pregnant Workers Fairness Act called 'huge win for women'

Catholic News Service|Sep 18, 2020|2 Min Read

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