Thursday, October 19, 2017
Gov. Jerry Brown vetoes misguided attempt by California legislators to narrow Hosanna-Tabor
Here's a good report by my Notre Dame colleague, Margot Cleveland, on the welcome rejection by Gov. Brown of AB-569, or "The Reproductive Health Non-Discrimination Act." The Act would have "made it illegal for a California employer to discipline or fire employees for 'their reproductive health decisions, including, but not limited to, the timing thereof, or the use of any drug, device, or medical service'" -- and, troublingly, it would have recognized only a very narrow (i.e., more narrow than the scope of the ministerial exception) religious exemption.
https://mirrorofjustice.blogs.com/mirrorofjustice/2017/10/gov-jerry-brown-vetoes-misguided-attempt-by-california-legislators-to-narrow-hosanna-tabor.html