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Listen: Oral Arguments at Pennsylvania Supreme Court
Last week, WLP interim co-director Susan J. Frietsche and law professor David S. Cohen presented oral arguments in the case Allegheny Reproductive Health Center v. Pennsylvania Department of Human Services. Audio has been posted. You can listen to both sides argue...
This Week: Abortion Rights at PA Supreme Court
All eyes are on Pennsylvania this week as we prepare to present oral arguments in a significant abortion rights case before Pennsylvania Supreme Court on Wednesday, October 26. Arguments in Allegheny Reproductive Health Center v. Pennsylvania Department of Human...
Announcing the WLP Annual Advocate Sex Crime Case Review Guidebook
Twenty-two years after establishing the nation’s first annual advocate-led case review of rape and sexual assault files at the Philadelphia Police Department’s Special Victims Unit, the Women's Law Project announces the publication of a comprehensive case-review guide...
What Do CPCs Do With Your Personal Data?
Crisis pregnancy centers (CPCs), also called "pregnancy resource centers" or "pregnancy help centers," are anti-abortion organizations that target low-income people facing unintended pregnancies to prevent them from accessing abortion and contraception. While CPCs...
The Wage Gap for Black Women Got Worse
Today is Black Women’s Equal Pay Day, marking the date that Black women have to work into the new year to finally catch up to what white, non-Hispanic men earned last year. Taking into account all Black women workers, including full-time, part-time, and part-year...
