Red States Say EEOC’s Pregnancy Rule Unreasonable Absent Chevron

A coalition of 17 Republican attorneys general told a federal appeals court that the US Supreme Court’s recent decision overturning the Chevron doctrine should revive their challenge to the EEOC’s pregnancy regulation covering workplace accommodations for abortions.

The high court’s decision in Loper Bright Enterprises v. Raimondo bolsters the argument that the US Equal Employment Opportunity Commission overstepped its authority by interpreting the Pregnant Workers Fairness Act as including an abortion accommodation mandate, Tennessee Attorney General Jonathan Skrmetti told the US Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit July 19.

Skrmetti, along with Arkansas Attorney General Tim Griffin, are ...