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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...
Open Letter: PA Advocates Urge Sen. Casey to Protect Pregnant Workers
With no interest in supporting pregnant people’s health from leadership in Pennsylvania, advocates turn to the U.S. Congress to pass these urgently needed protections. Pennsylvania Senator Bob Casey is the sponsor and lead champion of the federal PWFA. Earlier this...
WLP Statement on the Reproductive Freedom Platform for Philadelphia
Today, Philadelphia City Council members Helen Gym, Kendra Brooks, and Jamie Gauthier announced the Reproductive Freedom Platform, a legislative package to defend abortion access and protect patients, providers, helpers, and all people seeking reproductive care within...
