Press Release Arizona
Press Release
Reproductive Freedom for All Statement on New Abortion Accommodations In Pregnant Workers Fairness Act
Washington, DC — Today, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) finalized a federal regulation under the Pregnant Workers Fairness Act that allows workers to have time off and other job accommodations for abortion care along with pregnancy-related medical conditions like miscarriage, stillbirths, and lactation. These new regulations will go into effect June 18th and require most employers with 15 or more employees to provide “reasonable accommodations” for workers with known limitations related to pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions, including fertility and infertility treatments.
Reproductive Freedom for All President and CEO Mini Timmaraju released the following statement:
“Nobody should have to sacrifice their reproductive health for their job. While we work to turn the tide on the crisis in access to reproductive health care and abortion, this is an important step forward for workers across the country. We’re grateful to the EEOC for working to ensure that reproductive freedom is a reality for all of us.”
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For over 50 years, Reproductive Freedom for All (formerly NARAL Pro-Choice America) has fought to protect and advance reproductive freedom at the federal and state levels—including access to abortion care, birth control, pregnancy and post-partum care, and paid family leave—for everybody. Reproductive Freedom for All is powered by its more than 4 million members from every state and congressional district in the country, representing the 8 in 10 Americans who support legal abortion.