Pregnant Workers Have More Rights in New Jersey Than in Pennsylvania

by | Jan 22, 2014 | economic security, Health Care, PA Legislature, Philadelphia City Council, Pregnancy, pregnant workers fairness, Reproductive Rights, Women's health

By Amal Bass, WLP Staff Attorney On Tuesday, January 21, 2014, New Jersey Governor Chris Christie signed into law a bill that expands the anti-discrimination and anti-retaliation protections of New Jersey’s Law Against Discrimination (NJLAD). The NJLAD will now...

Slow & Uneven Progress: The Pregnancy Discrimination Act at 35

by | Oct 31, 2013 | Congress, Economic Justice, economic security, Employment, Philadelphia City Council, Pregnancy, Pregnancy Discrimination Act, pregnant workers fairness

By Amal Bass, WLP Staff Attorney Thirty-five years ago today, President Carter signed into law the Pregnancy Discrimination Act (PDA), an amendment to Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. This law superseded the U.S. Supreme Court’s misguided decisions in...

UPDATE RE: H.B. 2718 Would Penalize Women on TANF for Having Children Unless They Are Survivors of “Legitimate” Rape

by | Oct 23, 2012 | PA Law, Philadelphia Inquirer, Pregnancy, Rape, Reproductive Rights, Sexual Assault, Welfare, Women's health, Working poor

UPDATE (10/26/12):  Within three days of the publication of this blog post, three of the six house sponsors of H.B. 2718 have removed their names from the sponsorship of the bill.  The prime sponsor, Rep. RoseMarie Swanger, defended the bill initially, but reversed...

Pennsylvania House Introduces Bill to Defund Planned Parenthood

by | Jun 12, 2012 | Abortion, Abortion Access, Contraception, Family Planning, Health Care, HIV/AIDS, Pregnancy, Reproductive Rights, Sexually Transmitted Disease, Sexually Transmitted Infections, Women's health

Nikki Ditto and Molly Duerig, WLP Interns A bill recently introduced in the Pennsylvania House of Representatives, HB 2405, aims to bar state and federal funds from going to health care clinics that provide abortions. Titled the “Whole Women’s Health Funding...
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