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An exam room is seen inside Planned Parenthood on March 10, 2023, in Fairview Heights, Ill.
WORKERS in the United States are now entitled to time off and other accommodations for abortions, miscarriages and other pregnancy-related medical conditions under a new law.
The new regulations of the Pregnant Workers Fairness Act was passed with bipartisan Congressional support in December 2022 but sparked controversy last year when the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) included abortions in its draft rules.
Under the new language of the regulations, workers can ask for time off to obtain an abortion and recover from the procedure.
As peers prepare to debate reform of the 1861 Offences Against the Person Act, Labour MP Tonia Antoniazzi leads a bid to end the criminalisation of women who end pregnancies at home. LYNNE WALSH reports
Police guidelines suggesting home searches and digital checks for women who experience pregnancy loss under suspicion of having broken the outdated 1967 Abortion Act have sparked uproar, writes PEOPLES’ HEALTH DISPATCH
