As many states rush to ban abortion in the wake of the Supreme Court’s Dobbs decision, the fact that federal law fails to guarantee basic accommodations to allow a pregnant person to continue working safely to support herself and her family is a cruel joke. The Senate’s lack of urgency in passing this bill in the remaining weeks of this Congress is another — especially given that this past year saw not only the overturning of Roe v. Wade, but the stripping away of paid family and medical leave, home and community-based services, as well as child care from the infrastructure deal and the Inflation Reduction Act in the Senate.
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