A coalition of 17 Republican-led states lobbed a lawsuit at a federal agency Thursday over a new policy requiring employers to give time off and other accommodations to pregnant workers who are seeking abortions .

The lawsuit is being led by the attorneys general in Arkansas and Tennessee and takes aim at new regulations that the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission finalized last week under the 2022 Pregnant Workers Fairness Act (PWFA). Despite pushback from conservatives, the EEOC included abortion as one of the pregnancy-related situations employers must accommodate.

Under this radical interpretation of the PWFA, business owners will face federal lawsuits if they dont accommodate employees abortions, even if those abortions are illegal under state law, Arkansas Attorney General Tim Griffin said in a statement. The PWFA was meant to protect pregnancies, not end them.

Tennessee Attorney General Jonathan Skrmetti similarly claimed the law is only in place to accommodate certain types of pregnant employees.