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Reform UK to Repeal Equality Act, Threatening Half-Million Pregnant Workers

5/6/2026

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Reform UK announced it will repeal Equality Act 2010 and replace it with a Workplace Fairness Act, which analysis says could strip up to half a million pregnant women of protections.
Charities such as Pregnant Then Screwed warned the repeal would erase progress and increase discrimination against pregnant workers.
Experts warned weaker protections could cause more women to delay or abandon childbearing amid high living costs and childcare expenses.

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Reform UK announced it will repeal Equality Act 2010 and replace it with a Workplace Fairness Act, which analysis says could strip up to half a million pregnant women of protections.
Charities such as Pregnant Then Screwed warned the repeal would erase progress and increase discrimination against pregnant workers.
Experts warned weaker protections could cause more women to delay or abandon childbearing amid high living costs and childcare expenses.