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Signed into law by President Joe Biden on December 29, 2022 The Pregnant Workers Fairness Act is a United States law meant to eliminate discrimination and ensure workplace accommodations for workers with known limitations related to pregnancy, childbirth, or a related medical condition. [ 1 ]
The report, released on Tuesday, covered prosecutions initiated from June 24, 2022 to June 23, 2023, but researchers plan to document all charges of pregnancy criminalization in the country in the ...
Women's Health Protection Act of 2021 H.R. 3755: June 8, 2021 Judy Chu (D-CA) 215 Cloture not invoked (46-48). S. 1975: June 8, 2021 Richard Blumenthal(D-CT) 47 Referred to Committees of Jurisdiction. Women's Health Protection Act of 2022 H.R. 8296: June 7, 2022 Judy Chu (D-CA) 3 Passed the House (219-210). S. 4132: May 3, 2022 Richard ...
The law banned abortions after a fetal heartbeat could be detected, and allowed private citizens in Texas to sue anyone who helps someone obtain such an abortion. The law took effect in September of that year. [4] [5] After the Supreme Court of the United States overturned Roe v. Wade and Planned Parenthood v. Casey in its June 2022 decision in ...
Pregnant people in New York would have 40 hours of paid leave to attend prenatal medical appointments under a new proposal by Gov. Kathy Hochul after the state's legislative session kicked off ...
A federal judge in Arkansas has tossed out a legal challenge by 17 Republican-led states to a U.S. agency rule giving workers who had abortions the same legal protections as those who are pregnant ...
2021 – In January 2021, New Jersey governor Phil Murphy signed the Freedom of Reproductive Choice Act into law, preserving the legal right to obtain an abortion, fulfilling a reelection campaign promise. [262] 2021 – A law went into effect in Indiana mandating an ultrasound 18 hours or more before an abortion is performed. [263]
New moms who work in Colorado will be able to take paid leave beginning in 2024. Getty. Colorado became the ninth state in the country (plus Washington D.C.) to pass a paid family leave law on ...