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WLP Statement on Chambersburg Revoking LGBTQ+ Protections
The Women’s Law Project condemns the decision of Borough of Chambersburg to repeal protections for residents who experience discrimination based on their sexual orientation, ethnicity, or gender identity. Pennsylvania remains the only state in the northeast without...
Action Alert: Lawmakers Vote on a Permanent Anti-Abortion Constitutional Amendment and to Defund Preventative Reproductive Healthcare Today
This morning, Pennsylvania lawmakers will vote on two dangerous bills with the explicit focus of restricting access to a broad range of reproductive healthcare. Permanent Anti-Abortion Constitutional Amendment (SB 956 – J. Ward) We recently told you about the proposed...
Roe at 49: The Single Most Important Thing You Can Do Right Now to Save Reproductive Rights in Pennsylvania
The appalling truth is that this may be last the year to witness the anniversary of landmark case Roe v. Wade. There’s a lot to say about the radical regression of reproductive rights in the United States and how this devolution is playing out at the U.S. Supreme...
Urgent: Stop Unconstitutional Targeting of Parents of Color in Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania lawmakers are advancing a bill that would enable unconstitutional intrusions of the government into a family’s private sphere and compound the child welfare system’s disproportionate targeting of people of color. Pennsylvania House Bill 1737 was...
Victory: Opinion Affirms Schools Must Respond to Reports of Dating Violence Under Title IX, With No Exception for Visitors or Guests
We are pleased to share an important victory in the effort to hold federally funded schools accountable for ensuring equitable access to education by appropriately responding to reports of students experiencing sex-based discrimination, including intimate partner...
