<ul><li>Missouri District Court Judge Roseann Ketchmark ruled that a Christian education nonprofit does not need to comply with the abortion-related elements of the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission's Pregnant Workers Fairness Act final rule.</li><li>The court found that the foundation was likely to succeed on the merits of its Religious Freedom Restoration Act claim.</li><li>The case adds to a patchwork of exceptions for agency enforcement of the final rule's interpretations on abortion, including other organizations and states.</li><li>The EEOC has requested a stay and argued that the foundation lacked standing, but the court found that the foundation demonstrated standing, injury-in-fact, and a threat of irreparable harm to its right of free exercise of religion.</li></ul>

Christian nonprofit freed from complying with abortion elements of PWFA final rule

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