Reproductive Rights
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Out-of-state patients looking for repro care are now protected in Allegheny County
Allegheny County Executive Sara Innamorato signed an executive order last week protecting out-of-state patients seeking reproductive and gender affirming care in the county.
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A young mother’s hope: Pennsylvania woman undergoes IVF at 19
“I accepted that I couldn’t have a baby naturally. I had options. I can’t ever imagine being in that position and not having that option because some politician decided to take it away.”
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Kamala Harris wants to end the Senate filibuster to restore national abortion rights
The Senate filibuster rule requires a 60-vote threshold for most legislation to pass, making it virtually impossible to pass abortion rights legislation due to Republican opposition. Without the filibuster, a law restoring Roe v. Wade could pass with a simple majority, or 51 Senate votes.
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Reproductive Freedom bus tour across Pennsylvania keeps pressure up on Trump’s health care bans, record
Just 51 days before the election, the Harris/Walz campaign’s “Fighting for Reproductive Freedom” bus tour kicked off Sunday across the street from the birthplace of the U.S. Constitution inside Independence Visitor Hall Center in Old City. Hadley Duvall, reproductive rights advocate and sexual assault survivor from Kentucky, spoke at the event, asking Trump, “What is…
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Study: More women getting tubes tied since Roe was overturned
The number of women who have had their tubes tied has increased since the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade in June 2022.
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Fact-checking Trump’s lies on abortion during the presidential debate
Trump spent much of Tuesday’s debate lying about his position on abortion, repeatedly spreading conspiracy theories about Democrats executing infants, and downplaying the very real consequences of the overturning of Roe v. Wade.
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PA congresswomen call out Trump’s lies after he flip-flops on IVF treatments
Pennsylvania’s Democratic congresswomen criticized former President Donald Trump for flip-flopping on in-vitro fertilization (IVF) in order to gain support. They see it as a cynical ploy to win back voters.
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Temple University might join growing list of campuses with a Plan B vending machine
Vending machines have become a new way for students to easily access emergency contraception at an affordable price. Here’s the story of students at one Pennsylvania university who are trying to get one on their campus.
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PA House Democrats campaign in Delaware County on reproductive freedoms across the commonwealth
House Speaker Joanna McClinton and Democratic lawmakers campaign on protecting reproductive rights in Delaware County. Democrats regained control of the Pennsylvania House in 2022 with a one-seat majority and are looking to expand that majority in November.
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Dozens of pregnant women, some bleeding or in labor, being turned away from ERs despite federal law
Even as the Biden administration publicly warned hospitals to treat pregnant patients in emergencies, facilities continue to violate the federal law. The issue became a focus for the administration following reports of women being improperly treated in emergency rooms after the Supreme Court’s decision to overturn the constitutional right to an abortion more than two…
