Reproductive Rights
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Walking the talk: How one PA woman became a patient escort at Planned Parenthood
According to Planned Parenthood, volunteer patient escorts are the first line of defense for abortion rights, serving as a buffer between a patient and protestors outside the clinic.
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Pennsylvania Supreme Court says abortion care is protected by the state constitution
The Pennsylvania Supreme Court also issued a decision forcing a lower court to take up a challenge to the commonwealth banning Medicaid funds to cover abortion costs.
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Pennsylvania launches new women’s healthcare program
The new program uses funding from the now-canceled contract with an anti-abortion group to provide healthcare services to pregnant and parenting women.
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Gov. Shapiro pledges defense of reproductive rights at Harrisburg roundtable
Gov. Josh Shapiro promises action if the Supreme Court bans mifepristone.
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Study: 65,000 rape-caused pregnancies in states with abortion bans
“Thousands of girls and women in states that banned abortion experienced rape-related pregnancy, but few (if any) obtained in-state abortions legally, suggesting that rape exceptions fail to provide reasonable access to abortion for survivors,” the study stated.
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Biden vows to ‘restore’ nationwide abortion rights in second term
During Tuesday’s event, the president and vice president highlighted several new measures the administration is taking to strengthen reproductive health care access, criticized extreme abortion bans, and highlighted the stakes of the 2024 election for reproductive rights.
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Opinion: Every Abortion Story is Unique
My personal experience, anyone’s personal experience, is unique and the broad brush that anti-abortion politicians paint with hurt us all.
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VIDEO: Maternity care deserts in Pennsylvania
When you’re pregnant, you shouldn’t have to worry about accessing maternity care when you need it. Unfortunately for many women in Pennsylvania, that worry is a reality as five counties in the state are considered maternity care deserts. What is a maternity care desert and what’s being done to address the problem in the commonwealth?…
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Pennsylvania to cut ties with anti-abortion organization on Jan. 1
The commonwealth of Pennsylvania will stop sending money to Real Alternatives, a controversial organization that supports anti-abortion crisis pregnancy centers (CPC) on Jan. 1, making Pennsylvania the second state to cut ties with Real Alternatives.
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Mifepristone still legal in PA, but US Supreme Court case gives advocates ‘grave concerns’
Reproductive rights advocates wanted to remind Pennsylvania residents that access to the medicine is still legal and that those seeking it should still talk to a health care provider.
