Posts tagged with Abortion

Last Updated: Dec. 14, 2017 · 3:08 p.m.

Protesters dressed as handmaids protested a 20-week abortion ban in the Pa. General Assembly in 2017.

Lawsuit: Time’s up for PA’s Medicaid abortion ban

The lawsuit could expand low-income access to abortion.

Election 2018

The evolution of U.S. Senator Bob Casey’s opinions on abortion, in 15 mins of audio

During a campaign event in Philly, Bob Casey talked about Trump’s Supreme Court picks but didn’t bring up Roe v. Wade

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Gov. Tom Wolf was in Philly to veto the bill that would’ve been one of the most restrictive in the country

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There’s an abortion musical coming to the Painted Bride this summer

Key Pennsylvania Senate committee votes to partly defund Planned Parenthood

It prohibits abortion providers from getting state Dept. of Health funds.

Someone wrote ‘abortion is age-based discrimination’ on a Penn sidewalk, and it didn’t go well

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An outspoken Christian reproductive justice advocate, Dr. Willie Parker is an obstetrician and gynecologist who is one of the few abortion providers to women in Mississippi and Alabama. Winner of Planned Parenthood’s Margaret Sanger award and one of Ebony’s Power 100, he's also the subject of the documentary film Trapped. He'll talk about his new book, "Life's Work."

Where: Free Library at 1901 Vine St. 19103

When: April 12, 2017 from 7:30 p.m. to 9:00 p.m.

How much: Free

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Pennsylvania’s controversial abortion bill: What it means for women’s health

The House is back in session, and the measure could come up for a committee vote any day.

Gov. Tom Wolf stands in the Mayor's Reception Room in Philadelphia to discuss SB3, a controversial abortion bill.

PA Governor, Philly mayor slam abortion bill that could actually become law

"Today we are going to share with Pennsylvanians what those legislators did not want anyone to hear."

PA abortion bill passes Senate: What you need to know, what happens now

Gov. Tom Wolf says he'll veto it. But the fight's far from over.

PA Senate won’t vote on abortion bill today; debate expected to resume next year

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These are the Senate Republican leaders debating this abortion bill

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Election 2017

Attack ad’s unsubstantiated claim on Pat Toomey, Trump and abortion

No, Pat Toomey wouldn't punish women who have abortions.

Tom Wolf says he will veto the 20-weeks abortion ban bill passed by the House if it reaches his desk

‘Voice of the unborn,’ or politics at work? An abortion bill is flying through Harrisburg

Pro-choice advocates call it the strictest abortion bill in the country.

Those proposed changes to PA’s abortion law (that would lower the limit to 20 weeks) got approved in committee

House committee approves bill that would make PA abortion laws strictest in the country

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