This complaint was first surfaced by Law.com Radar.

Together, the Pregnant Workers Fairness Act and the PUMP Act place new requirements on employers with 15 or more employees to accommodate workers, including many exempt employees.

"We reject the Biden administration's bizarre interpretation, and we expect courts will as well," read the anti-abortion states letter authored by Missouri Attorney General Andrew Bailey. "Courts do not lightly ignore the plain text of statutes. And the Supreme Court has been openly aversive to other attempts by the Biden administration to press antitextual arguments."

The amendments build on the original New Jersey Surprise Bill Act enacted in June 2018.