Stories tagged: "birth control"

Family Senator Amanda Cappelletti (D-Montgomery), Joined by state Rep. Malcolm Kenyatta (D-Philadelphia) and US Rep. Madeleine Dean (D-Montgomery) at an abortion rights press conference May 04, 2022. (James Robinson | Pennsylvania Senate Democratic Caucus)
Family Pennsylvania’s Bipartisan Baby: How Sen. Cappelletti’s First Child is Changing the Political Environment in the Senate

Democrat Amanda Cappelletti feels her Republican colleagues are viewing issues such as maternity leave on a more personal level now that she is about to become the first state senator to give birth while in office.

Ashley Adams Ashley Adams February 1, 2023 12:32 pm EST
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Reproductive Rights Bill Introduced in State House to Expand Access to Contraceptives

A new bill would expand access to contraceptives in Pennsylvania after a 2020 decision by the US Supreme Court allowed employers to opt out of covering it.

Ashley Adams Ashley Adams March 29, 2022 4:18 pm EDT
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Courts Supreme Court Sides With Trump on Who Can Access Birth Control. Here’s What You Need to Know.

Pennsylvania Attorney General Josh Shapiro has vowed to keep fighting.

Kimberly Lawson Kimberly Lawson July 8, 2020 11:01 am EDT
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Healthcare Your Boss May Soon Be Able to Take Away Your Birth Control Coverage

The fight between those who support religious freedom and those who believe women should have equal access to basic healthcare returns to the Supreme Court.

Kimberly Lawson Kimberly Lawson May 6, 2020 11:12 am 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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