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WLP Op-ed: PA lawmakers are pushing bills that would increase maternal mortality
Pennsylvania is becoming an increasingly dangerous place to be pregnant due to the actions, and inaction, of the longtime majority leadership of the General Assembly. The outright abandonment of pregnant Pennsylvanians could not be made clearer by the fact that amid a...
Pennsylvania’s Maternal Mortality Crisis is Severely Stratified by Race
This week is Black Maternal Health Week #BMHW21! Of course, maternal health means a lot more than preventing unnecessary injury and death in childbirth, but given the extreme disparities revealed in a new report and the fact that we know COVID-19 is exacerbating...
Legislative Attack on Transgender Children Coming to Pennsylvania
Five lawmakers in the Pennsylvania House of Representatives announced they plan to introduce legislation called "Fairness in Women's Sports Act" in Pennsylvania this Monday, April 5. This is the same title as legislative bans targeting transgender student-athletes...
Update in the PA Medicaid Abortion Coverage Case
March 26, 2020 - The Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania issued a long-awaited ruling in Allegheny Reproductive Health Center v. Pennsylvania Department of Human Services. In this case, Pennsylvania-based abortion providers are challenging the Commonwealth’s...
Today is, Once Again, Equal Pay Day
Earnings listed are compared to every dollar made by a white non-Hispanic man. Data is from National Women’s Law Center, based on 2019 (that is, pre-COVID-19) earnings. Fifty-eight years after President John F. Kennedy signed the Equal Pay Act into federal law, we...
