A devastating TX decision for pregnant workers!

On the heels of the devastating Alabama decision that designated frozen embryos as children, this week, a Trump-appointed judge left pregnant workers employed by the state of Texas with no clear path to enforcing their rights under the recently passed Pregnant Workers Fairness Act, and they now may face insurmountable hurdles to obtain reasonable accommodations at work. This extremist judge ruled the Act unconstitutional but not because of anything in the bill. This proves what we knew all along—overturning Roe v. Wade was just the beginning. Extremist conservatives are attacking medication abortion, threatening the future of IVF, and now going after pregnancy accommodations. We need to fill every judicial vacancy with fair and impartial judges to prevent more rights from being stripped away! Tell the Senate: Confirm Impartial Judges NOW We need judges committed to expanding civil rights, not taking them away! TAKE ACTION The extremist judge ruled Texas faced “irreparable injury” because it would have to spend about $5,000 a year to implement the Pregnant Workers Fairness Act’s requirements. But the judge was only able to rule the Act unconstitutional because not enough House members voted in person, not the actual pregnancy accommodations rights established in the bill. Even more, the Pregnant Workers Fairness Act was passed as part of an enormous bill that funded the entire federal government at the end of 2022 but now is the only part of this thousand-plus page, multi-trillion-dollar bill that will not go into effect. The National Women’s Law Center will be fighting for pregnant workers in Texas as this case goes up on appeal, just as we led the decade-long fight to pass the Pregnant Workers Fairness Act. But this case makes it even clearer that the kind of judges who are on the bench matters. There are 56 federal judicial vacancies and 30 nominations before the Senate right now—tell the Senate to confirm judges who are qualified, impartial, and committed to civil rights! In solidarity, Emily Martin she/her/hers Chief Program Officer National Women's Law Center

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