The suit centers on a provision of the recently-passed mega bill , which enacts many of President Donald Trump’s domestic policy priorities.
“I just wish our leaders would see us—not as numbers, but as people with families, with dreams, with real health needs. Losing Medicaid isn’t just a policy change. For some of us, it’s everything.”
With employer-provided insurance no longer required to cover birth control, many in Pennsylvania are struggling to pay for necessary medical care. The Contraceptive Access for All Act aims to change that.
In Pennsylvania, about one in every five women of reproductive age is enrolled in Medicaid. Dozens of family planning clinics throughout the state could lose their Medicaid funding if Trump’s “big, beautiful bill” passes, leaving thousands of women without reproductive health care options.
A proposed bill from Democratic lawmakers would remove hurdles to getting an abortion in the state by taking away the currently mandated counseling and 24-hour waiting period requirements.
At reproductive health care clinics across Pennsylvania, patient escorts are the first line of defense for abortion rights. These volunteers put themselves between patients walking into medical facilities and the intimidating, harassing, and sometimes threatening protestors who oppose reproductive services.
Watch the video to find out what one state representative is trying to do to help.
At reproductive health care clinics across Pennsylvania, patient escorts are the first line of defense for abortion rights. These volunteers put themselves between patients walking into medical facilities and the intimidating, harassing, and sometimes threatening protestors who oppose reproductive services. Now, a state representative has introduced a bill to protect all patients from violence and intimidation when seeking care at health clinics.
Pennsylvania will lose a majority of its Title X funding—the only federal family planning program in the country. Planned Parenthood clinics, county health departments, and community-based health centers will all be impacted.
She was 19 and pregnant, and thousands of miles from home, when she found out that her insurance wouldn’t cover an abortion. A similar scenario has happened to countless women in Pennsylvania, under a ban on Medicaid-covered abortions. Today, that ban is back in court.
Nearly 12.4% of women in Pennsylvania lack access to a birthing hospital within a 30-minute drive. The national average is 9.7%.
