The law requires that employers provide reasonable accommodations to women who develop workplace limitations from pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions. The EEOC rules consider “having or choosing not to have an abortion” as one of the related medical conditions covered under the legislation.

The Knights of Columbus filed a lawsuit against the National Park Service for denying a permit to hold its annual Memorial Day mass, citing religious discrimination.

The Knights of Columbus Petersburg Council 649 were granted their permit to host a Memorial Day Mass service after being denied last year.

While some Baltimore-area Catholics got sudden relief, others expressed disappointment, frustration and betrayal following the release of the Archdiocese of Baltimore’s final plan to radically change operations in the city and several suburbs.