Moody fights Biden administration on rule requiring employers accommodate abortions

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. – Attorney General Ashely Moody announced Florida’s participation in a 17 state lawsuit combatting the federal government’s push to employers accommodate employees for abortions.

The rule, advocated for by the Equal Opportunity Employment Commission, claims that the bipartisan Pregnant Workers Fairness Act of 2022 allows for a private sector abortion accommodation rule.

“Unelected commissioners under the Biden administration are seeking to hijack protections for pregnant workers by twisting language into an illegal interpretation of the Pregnant Workers Fairness Act of 2022,” Moody said.

“We are fighting back against the unprecedented, attempted mutation of these laws,” she added.

Moody’s office explained that the act originally sought to protect pregnant women in the workplace by requiring employers provide the necessary accommodations for them and their unborn child.

On top of the illegality of the bureaucratic rule, Moody argued that the attempt contradicts abortion restrictions implemented at the state level.

The other states participating in the lawsuit include Alabama, Georgia, Idaho, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota, Oklahoma, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, Utah and West Virginia.