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Reproductive Rights in Pennsylvania at #Roe48
Today marks the 48th anniversary of the day the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed the constitutional right to abortion in the landmark case Roe V. Wade. If you've never listened to the arguments, you can do that here. Forty-eight years after Roe, reproductive advocates find...
As a New Day Dawns in DC, We Need All Eyes On Harrisburg
Today, an Administration that actively harmed women, Black people, people of color, LGBTQ+ people, people with disabilities, and low-wage workers has been replaced by an Administration that includes Kamala Harris, the first woman, first Black person, and first...
We Are Fighting Anti-Abortion Terrorism in the Georgia “Heckler’s Veto” Case
On Wednesday, oral arguments in an important anti-abortion harassment case called McBrayer v. Governors Ridge Office Park Association began in the Georgia Court of Appeals just as impeachment proceedings opened on the hill. The timing is a chilling coincidence: At...
Emergency Action Needed NOW To Fight HB 38, the Biggest Threat to Democracy in PA We Have Ever Seen
Pennsylvania’s most extreme right-wing legislators are in national headlines thanks to their key role in attempting to undermine the presidential election despite such claims being repeatedly rejected by many courts including Pennsylvania Supreme Court. Indeed, the...
WLP Calls to Eliminate Hyde Amendment as Congress Considers Its Discriminatory Harms
Today, the Subcommittee on Labor, Health, and Human Services, Education, and Related Services of the U.S. House Committee on Appropriations held "The Impact on Women Seeking an Abortion but are Denied Because of an Inability to Pay," a hearing on the significant...
