Biden Admin Adds Abortion to Pregnant Women’s Workplace Benefits

Women going for abortions may soon be able to make their employers provide additional breaks, time off from work, and telework benefits under a new rule being implemented by the Biden administration.

On April 15, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) issued its final rule to implement the Pregnant Workers Fairness Act (PWFA) which requires employers to offer “reasonable accommodations” to workers affected by “pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions.”

According to the agency, reasonable accommodations include “additional breaks to drink water, eat, or use the restroom; a stool to sit on while working; time off for health care appointments; temporary reassignment; temporary suspension of certain job duties; telework; or time off to recover from childbirth or a miscarriage, among others.”

In the final regulations, EEOC included abortion in the definition of “pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions.” As such, employees who have undergone abortions can now qualify for “reasonable accommodations” from their employers.
Education and the Workforce Committee chairwoman Virginia Foxx (R-N.C.) slammed the inclusion of abortion into the PWFA.

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