It’s been one year since the U.S. Supreme Court reversed Roe v. Wade, and Pennsylvania abortion law hasn’t changed.
While lots of stories marking the year since this rogue ruling will talk about the post-Dobbs divide, the truth is Pennsylvania is neither an abortion-ban state nor an abortion-protected state.
Pennsylvania is an opportunity state.
Most Pennsylvanians support legal access to abortion. When anti-abortion extremists met in the middle of the night scheming to strip reproductive autonomy rights out of the Pennsylvania Constitution, you voted anti-abortion leadership out of the Pennsylvania House.
But this is no time to rest in relief. The status quo is not enough.
We must fight to protect what we have and attain what we need: equitable abortion and contraception access, bodily autonomy, and LGBTQIA+ equality. Abortion is still legal in Pennsylvania not because of politicians or a bill or litigation, but because people like you took action.
Our opportunity is here and our time is now.
With pro-equality leadership in the Pennsylvania House, a supportive Governor, and an abortion-rights majority, there is no reason we can’t succeed. We protected our families from being stripped of our state-based rights, a government mandate to deprive women and birthing people of access to basic evidence-based healthcare, and the invasion of privacy that comes with it.
It’s time to build on our wins and fight for better than the status quo.
We need to expand abortion and contraception access, codify LGBTQIA+ protections, end the heinous practice of nonconsensual pelvic exams, and stop the state from using money meant to help children in poverty to finance anti-abortion activists.
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These efforts are urgently necessary in Pennsylvania:
- The Advanced Practice Clinician bill (bill number not announced yet) would expand abortion access by enabling APCs to provide abortion care.
- The PA Fairness Act (HB 300) would enshrine LGBTQIA+ protections into state law.
- Banning Nonconsensual Exams (HB 507) would protect patients and medical students by prohibiting the practice of nonconsensual vaginal & rectal exams on anesthetized patients.
- Expanding Access to Contraceptives (HB 1140) promotes equitable, confidential access to affordable contraception.
- Crisis Pregnancy Center (CPC) accountability: We are calling on the Shapiro Administration to stop financing anti-abortion executives & activists with TANF, safety-net money intended for children in poverty, domestic violence survivors & people with disabilities.
We’ll send you updates on these efforts and calls to action you can take to support them.
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