Judge blocks Biden admin. from forcing Catholic employees to accomodate abortions, IVF

A federal judge has prevented the Biden administration from requiring Catholic employers to provide their employees time off for abortions and in-vitro fertilization treatments.

Judge Daniel Traynor in North Dakota ruledMonday that the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission cannot enforce the Pregnant Workers Fairness Act and Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 against the Roman Catholic Diocese of Bismarck and the Catholic Benefits Association "in a manner that would require them to accommodate abortion or infertility treatments that are contrary to the Catholic faith."

The ruling prevents the plaintiffs from having to "speak in favor of the same or refrain from speaking against the same." Monday's decision comes after the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission issued guidance last year interpreting the Pregnant Workers Fairness Act to require employers to provide "reasonable accommodations" for employees "having or choosing not to have an abortion."

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