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When We Fight, We Win
Sending emails to state lawmakers is important work, but have you tried meeting up with hundreds of committed Pennsylvanians at the Capitol to build power together? At Our Health, Our Lobby Day, we held 67 legislative meetings and made our priorities clear. Among...
A Win for Racial and Gender Justice in Pennsylvania
Good news! The Pennsylvania Senate passed the CROWN Act (HB 439), sending this long-overdue protection to Governor Shapiro’s desk. The Governor is expected to sign it into law next week. The Creating a Respectful and Open World for Natural Hair (CROWN) Act explicitly...
3 Facts About Pennsylvania Law & Trans Rights
At WLP, we defend access to gender-affirming care and fight all efforts to surveil, control, or endanger transgender and gender-expansive Pennsylvanians. There’s a lot of misinformation out there, so here are three key facts about Pennsylvania law and trans rights:...
How we’re transforming justice for survivors of sexual violence
Every October, the Women’s Law Project leads a team of advocates at the Philadelphia Police Department’s Special Victims Unit to review hundreds of sex crimes case files. We just completed this year’s review, and it’s important that you know why we do this. This...
Livestream link: Watch us in court on Wednesday, Nov. 5
On Wednesday, November 5, at 9:30 AM in Pittsburgh, I’ll be in Commonwealth Court arguing Allegheny Reproductive Health Center v. DHS, our case challenging Pennsylvania’s ban on Medicaid coverage for most abortion care. This fight is urgent: The ban we are challenging...
