EEOC Probed by 8th Cir. on Red States’ Suit Over Abortion Stance

Federal appeals court judges focused their line of questions in hearing a challenge to an EEOC rule Tuesday on the agency’s argument that a coalition of states did not adequately show they were harmed by the regulation, which requires employers provide accommodations for abortion-related care.

The US Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit panel at times pressed the US Equal Employment Opportunity Commission’s attorney during oral arguments to elaborate on how the 17 red states attorneys general challenging the rule did not show harm required to sue when they said they would need to make policy changes for state ...