Red states sue employment commission over abortion accommodations
The states claim the employment commission added abortion-related requirements that were never part of the bipartisan Pregnant Workers Fairness Act.
The announcement is another setback for the officials at the FDA, who drafted the ban and predicted it would prevent hundreds of thousands of smoking-related deaths over 40 years.
The states claim the employment commission added abortion-related requirements that were never part of the bipartisan Pregnant Workers Fairness Act.
CENTRAL ISLIP, N.Y. — A federal court in New York preserved the false-advertising class action brought against the makers of Kerrygold Irish Butter, which allegedly misled consumers about the presence of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS), also known as “forever chemicals,” in the product’s packaging — and which can seep into the food itself. The court says a reasonable consumer would perceive the products as not containing harmful chemicals based on the “Pure Irish Butter” labeling.
NEW ORLEANS — The Fifth Circuit reversed a Texas federal court’s dismissal of a disabled Black employee’s retaliation and discrimination claims against Navarro County, where he worked in the drug trafficking division. He was in remission from cancer that was treated with throat surgery, so he asked to work remotely in 2020 to avoid contracting Covid-19, but his supervisor denied this and he was placed on leave after complaining about it. The lower court erred in determining the employee hadn’t produced enough evidence of his claims.
News of the bill came the same day that the Arizona House sent a bill to the state Senate that would overturn a near-total abortion ban that became law in 1864.
The Supreme Court appeared divided over whether states could deny emergency abortions to pregnant people facing severe health risks.
Several biotech companies are genetically modifying pigs so that their organs are less likely to be destroyed by the human immune system.
Only a handful of countries have legalized euthanasia.
The same judge who last year blocked a law against Covid misinformation didn't see merit in a similar effort to preemptively block discipline for dispensing Covid opinions.
Advocates in the Bayou State are organizing their fight.
The young activists want to help make a difference and change how their city is perceived by outsiders.