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Pro-Choice Means Supporting Pregnant People
Earlier this week, a reporter asked Rep. Stephanie Borowicz, primary sponsor of a bill that would effectively criminalize all abortion in Pennsylvania, if she also supported legislation that would help pregnant people or new mothers in Pennsylvania. The answer, of...
WLP Statement on Victory in Pittsburgh Buffer Zone Case
Today a unanimous three-judge panel of U.S Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit upheld the constitutionality of the 15-foot buffer zone originally enacted in Pittsburgh in 2005, and continually in effect since then. The ordinance states, “No person or persons shall...
Michigan Governor Defunds PA-Based “Crisis Pregnancy Center” Chain Real Alternatives after Allegations of Misuse of Funds
Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer released her list of line item vetoes to the 2020 Michigan state budget. Among them was the removal of a $700,000 item that went to Real Alternatives, the Pennsylvania-based, taxpayer-funded chain of “crisis pregnancy...
WLP Statement on 6-Week Abortion Ban HB 1977
Pennsylvania is one of the worst states for pregnancy discrimination, in part because the Legislature has repeatedly blocked the Pennsylvania Pregnant Workers Fairness Act. The Pennsylvania Legislature has also repeatedly blocked a bill to reduce infant...
WLP Statement on Abortion Heading to the Supreme Court
On Friday morning, the U.S. Supreme Court agreed to hear June Medical Services v. Gee, the first abortion case of the term. June Medical Services v. Gee concerns an admitting privileges law signed into law by Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal in 2014. It is, of course, the...
