Anti-poverty group ranks Texas one of the worst states for working women, regardless of abortion law
Texas has drawn international condemnation for its draconian new abortion ban, but that's only one aspect of the state's poor treatment of working women, according to a top anti-poverty group.
A new study by Oxfam America ranked Texas 48th out of the 50 U.S. states plus Puerto Rico and the District of Columbia in its treatment of working women. Only Mississippi, Alabama, Georgia and North Carolina fared worse.
Oxfam, which works to end poverty, bases its annual rankings on three areas: wage policies, worker protections and rights to organize. Among the state policies it considers under those umbrellas are protections for pregnant and breastfeeding women, paid sick time rules, sexual harassment laws, equal pay requirements and protections for domestic workers.
The rankings are based on policies effective July 1 of this year, so Texas' abortion ban was not a factor in the state's ranking near the bottom
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