Last December, Congress passed the Pregnant Workers Fairness Act to require employers to make more accommodations for pregnant women in the workplace.
But shortly after the measure went into effect this summer, Biden's Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) began trying to establish a rule under the same law to require businesses – including pro-life and Christian employers who oppose abortion – to accommodate women who have abortions.
"The term abortion … is not once mentioned in the law," notes North Carolina Representative Virginia Foxx (R). "For the EEOC to add this controversial provision into the law through regulation is wrong and well beyond its authority."
Foxx and many other congressional members have signed onto a letter to the agency that basically says its interpretation of the proposed rule violates the intent of Congress.
"Our big problem in this country is not the laws that Congress passes or legislatures pass; the problem gets in when the bureaucrats try to make the law say something that was never intended," Rep. Foxx submits.
The EEOC received more than 63,000 comments during the 30-day public comment period, which is now over. LifeNews.com reports that Catholics and their pro-life allies provided more than 75% of that feedback.
Federal law requires that every one of those comments be reviewed before any final determination is made about putting the proposed rule into effect.
