Idiots of the Week: 5 Stooges Block Bill to Give Pregnant Workers Basic Accomodations

I moved the Idiot of the week to Monday this week because of Christmas. This week's idiots are of course, White, Straight, Christian men who obviously think women are nothing more than property. They are: Republican Sen. Thom Tillis (R-N.C.) Sen. James Lankford (Okla.),Sen. Steve Daines (Mont.), Mike Braun (Ind.) and Tommy Tuberville (Ala.) Why any woman would vote for Republicans is a mystery. They treat women like second class citizens, and enjoy denying women rights. Women in this country and around the world deserve better. Here's the story of the "5 Stooges" denying pregnant women basic accommodations and an EXAMPLE OF WHY THE BILL IS NEEDED FOR WOMEN.

ANTI-CHOICE REPUBLICANS BLOCK BILL TO GIVE PREGNANT WORKERS BASIC ACCOMMODATIONS

Dec 14,
Sen. Thom Tillis (R-N.C.) and two fellow Republicans blocked a vote on the bipartisan bill, falsely claiming it would support “abortions on demand.” The bill does no such thing.Instead, it offers basic protections for pregnant workers, including reasonable accommodations often not afforded to pregnant women who continue working throughout their pregnancies.

Three Senate Republicans who oppose abortion blocked a bipartisan bill that would afford pregnant people basic workplace accommodations, such as a water bottle, a stool or extra bathroom breaks.

THIS STOOGE CAN'T READ - Sen. Thom Tillis (R-N.C.) opposed a vote on the Pregnant Workers Fairness Act late last week, inaccurately claiming that it would force employers to “provide accommodations such as leave to obtain abortions on demand under the guise of pregnancy-related condition.” Tillis, a vocal abortion opponent, spoke on the Senate floor on Thursday on behalf of himself and two of his Republican colleagues, Sens. James Lankford (Okla.) and Steve Daines (Mont.).

THE PROBLEM WITH THESE STOOGES: “I and a number of other people do not believe that abortion is health care. I believe it’s a brutal procedure that destroys an innocent child,” Tillis said. “The federal government should not be promoting abortion, let alone mandating that pro-life employers and employers in states that protect life facilitate abortion on demand.” Tillis, Lankford and Daines did not immediately respond to HuffPost’s requests for comment.

But the bill would do no such thing. Instead, it offers basic protections for pregnant workers, including reasonable accommodations often not afforded to pregnant women who continue working throughout their pregnancies. And most other Republicans are on board with the legislation.

The Pregnant Workers Fairness Act has received an overwhelming amount of bipartisan support. Anti-abortion Republicans are hoping to support fetuses and mothers, while Democrats are looking to support pregnant people in a post-Roe v. Wade landscape.

The bill passed out of the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP) with a 19-2 vote and cleared the House with massive bipartisan support. Republican Sens. Mike Braun (Ind.) and Tommy Tuberville (Ala.) were the only members of the Health and Education committee to vote against the legislation, though neither opposed unanimous consent in the Senate.

EXAMPLE OF WHY THE BILL IS NEEDED-

Sen. Bill Cassidy (R-La.), a co-sponsor of the bill, related an anecdote from a pregnant Louisville, Kentucky, police officer who could not receive accommodations because her employer offered them only for injury-related issues. If she tried to use the injury-related accommodation during her pregnancy, she would lose her insurance at five months pregnant.