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submitted 2 weeks ago by MicroWave@lemmy.world to c/news@lemmy.world

A federal judge on Monday granted the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops, as well as employers in two Southern states, temporary relief from complying with a federal rule that would have required them to provide workers with time off and other workplace accommodations for abortions.

Judge David Joseph granted the preliminary injunction in two consolidated lawsuits, one brought by the attorneys general of Louisiana and Mississippi, and the other brought by the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops, Catholic University and two Catholic dioceses. 

The lawsuits challenge rules issued in April by the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, which stated that abortions are among pregnancy-related conditions covered by the Pregnant Workers Fairness Act, which passed in December 2022 and took effect last year.

The EEOC rules take effect Tuesday.

Joseph, who was appointed to the bench by former President Donald Trump, enjoined the EEOC from enforcing the abortion provision of its rules against the Catholic plaintiffs and employers located in Louisiana and Mississippi for the duration of the lawsuit.

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[-] eestileib@sh.itjust.works 45 points 2 weeks ago

This one goes out to all the people saying "no no it's only contemporary evangelical American Christianity that sucks".

[-] PunnyName@lemmy.world 44 points 2 weeks ago

Fuck this Christofascist country.

[-] tate@lemmy.sdf.org 14 points 2 weeks ago

Thankfully, it is not the country yet. It is just a sizeable and highly motivated minority. Fuck them.

[-] TimLovesTech@badatbeing.social 28 points 2 weeks ago

If all these "religious" institutions/people want to stop following the law, start taxing them at least. At this point they are a tax free cult that can control a woman's medical options, instead of their Dr. (who has a medical license, and pays taxes, and contributes to society).

This much power over people, tax free, is for the rich!

[-] NovaPrime@lemmy.ml 6 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

Absolutely. "Oh we can't enforce federal healthcare mandates? OK, well, we sure as fuck can choose and enforce who gets federal tax exemption status, so get fucked"

[-] this@sh.itjust.works 14 points 2 weeks ago

"Joseph, who was appointed to the bench by former President Donald Trump, enjoined the EEOC from enforcing the abortion provision of its rules against the Catholic plaintiffs and employers located in Louisiana and Mississippi for the duration of the lawsuit."

VOTE!

[-] AFKBRBChocolate@lemmy.world 6 points 1 week ago

Yeah, of course abortion isn't pregnancy related - who would think that?

/s

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