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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 ]
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 ...
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]
The number of women dying while pregnant is returning to pre-pandemic levels following a worrisome 2021 spike, a new report from the Centers for ... per 100,000 live births in 2022. In 2021, it ...
Among Hispanic women, the rate of women dying while pregnant, during childbirth or soon after increased from 14.5 maternal deaths per 100,000 live births in 2019 to 18.9 in 2022.
February 15, 2021: Pregnant Workers Fairness Act: To eliminate discrimination and promote women's health and economic security by ensuring reasonable workplace accommodations for workers whose ability to perform the functions of a job are limited by pregnancy, childbirth, or a related medical condition. H.R. 1083: February 15, 2021
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 ...