Stories tagged: "anti-choice"

Reproductive Rights Photo - Sean Kitchen: Planned Parenthood PA Advocates Executive Director Signe Espinoza speaking at a press conference at the North Office Building on June 7, 2023
Reproductive Rights Shapiro Ends Contract With Group That Funds Crisis Pregnancy Centers

Reproductive healthcare advocates are celebrating a key victory as Gov. Josh Shapiro and Department of Human Services Secretary Val Arkoosh announced on Thursday that they are cutting ties with Real Alternatives.

Sean Kitchen Sean Kitchen August 4, 2023 1:37 pm EDT
Reproductive Rights Rev. Katy Zeh, CEO of the Religious Coalition for Reproductive Choice
Reproductive Rights A Pro-Choice Pastor on Why Fighting for Abortion Rights Is Central to Her Faith

Despite what you might think, a majority of Americans who follow a religious tradition support abortion being legal. Rev. Katy Zeh, CEO of the Religious Coalition for Reproductive Choice, is one of them. We spoke to Zeh to learn how she came to her pro-choice views, why fighting for abortion rights is central to her faith, and what it’s like to be a pro-choice pastor.

Keya Vakil Keya Vakil June 7, 2022 2:34 pm EDT
Opinion State Rep. Maureen Madden (D-Monroe) says the anti-abortion bill Republicans are pushing will traumatize women who have miscarriages. (Flickr/Office of Governor Tom Wolf)
Opinion Madden: GOP’s Anti-Abortion Bill Would Traumatize Women

State Rep. Maureen Madden explains how a new bill pushed by Republicans would have affected her.

Maureen Madden Maureen Madden June 24, 2021 2:53 pm EDT

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Volunteers Aaron McKissic, left, an employee of FedEx, and Dina Nellis, right, of the Pittsburgh Pirates, work on an assembly line filling bags with six week-end meals for students in 29 Pittsburgh city schools in Pittsburgh, Wednesday, Feb. 28, 2018. The Backpack Feeding Program provides free weekend meals to children enrolled in the U.S. Dept. of Agriculture National School Lunch Program's Free or Reduced Price School Meals. The Backpack Feeding program is coordinated by the joint effort of Focus Pittsburgh, and the Pittsburgh area Food Bank. ( Photo/Gene J. Puskar) Local We asked, you answered: What’s a charity or organization in Pennsylvania you feel strongly about donating your time and/or money to?
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