Blue States Back Abortion Stance in EEOC’s New Pregnancy Rule

An Arkansas federal court shouldn’t interfere with the EEOC’s recently finalized pregnancy bias law rule that covers workplace accommodations for abortions because undermining the regulation would hurt wider efforts to retain pregnant employees, a coalition of blue state attorneys general said.

New York Attorney General Letitia James led 23 states in filing an amicus brief May 22, arguing that Republican attorneys general seeking to block a US Equal Employment Opportunity Commission regulation under the Pregnant Workers Fairness Act in court “grossly overstate the consequences” of the rule.

An April complaint filed in the US District Court for the Eastern District ...