EPPC’s latest work shaping public policy

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June 11, 2024
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** The EEOC’s Disdain for Religion
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** Religious employers face a constant threat of costly, time-consuming, and intrusive investigation, enforcement, and litigation, even if they ultimately receive protection under a religious defense.
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** Rachel Morrison
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** National Review
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On May 22, 2024, the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB) filed its first lawsuit in 45 years. The USCCB, along with the Catholic University of America (CUA) and two Catholic dioceses, sued the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) over its final rule implementing the Pregnant Workers Fairness Act (PWFA).

The PWFA filled a gap in employment law: It requires employers to provide “reasonable accommodations” for the “known limitations” related to an employee’s “pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions” unless it poses an “undue hardship” on the employer’s business. The “pro-mother, pro-baby” Act passed with bipartisan support and the USCCB’s blessing.

Congress directed the EEOC to issue a rule implementing the act. However, the EEOC’s PWFA rule, which goes into effect on June 18, turned the act on its head. The EEOC broadly defined “pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions” to include abortion and other nonmedical conditions such as the use of contraception and fertility treatments, including IVF. Under the PFWA rule, employers are mandated to accommodate their employees’ abortions, contraception use, and fertility treatments. The USCCB’s “Annual Report on the State of Religious Liberty in the United States,” published in January, identified the EEOC’s PWFA rule as one of the top five “largest threats to religious liberty in 2024.”
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** EPPC Is Hiring
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We seek a full-time Director of Communications to ensure that our scholars become and remain well-prepared, sought-after experts who appear across the full range of media channels. The position may be located either in EPPC’s Washington, DC, office or remotely with regular visits to Washington.
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Patrick T. Brown writes for the Dispatch against an excessive doom-and-gloom approach to questions of work and family life ([link removed]) .
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In the Family Policy Update newsletter, Patrick writes about how remote work has changed where and how Americans socialize ([link removed]) .
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In his Confirmation Tales newsletter, Ed Whelan explains how Justice Alito’s 1985 job application proves his longstanding conservative principles ([link removed]) .
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On National Review’s Bench Memos, Ed writes about the controversy surrounding Justice Alito’s wife ([link removed]) .
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On the latest episode of Beyond the Polls, Henry Olsen talks to Mollie Hemingway about the Trump campaign and Biden’s vulnerabilities.
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** Richard John Neuhaus Fellowship
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Applications are now open for the 2024–2025 Richard John Neuhaus Fellowship, a graduate-level program in Washington, D.C., for those working in government, journalism, think tanks, or other policy-relevant institutions, which explores the Judeo-Christian tradition and its role in shaping public policy and the mediating institutions of civil society.
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The Ethics and Public Policy Center is excited to present our 2023 annual report. As you’ll see, EPPC is flourishing, and our efforts to bring about renewal in American public life are bearing good fruit.
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