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Monthly Archives: June 2016
Op-ed: A Decade of Failing Pennsylvania Workers
Today marks 10 years since the Pennsylvania General Assembly voted to raise the state minimum wage. At $7.25 per hour, it is the lowest permitted by federal law. WLP Managing Attorney Terry L. Fromson wrote an editorial about this … Continue reading
Posted in Minimum wage
Tagged minimum wage, Wage gap, WLP in the news, workplace equality
Open Letter to Pennsylvania Senate Leadership re: HB 1948
Dear Senators Scarnati, Corman, Costa, Greenleaf and Leach, The Women’s Law Project is a public interest legal organization that has represented abortion providers in Pennsylvania since the 1970s. In light of Monday’s U.S. Supreme Court decision in Whole Woman’s Health … Continue reading
Posted in HB 1948, Uncategorized
Tagged Abortion, abortion bans, HB 1948, HB1948, Pennsylvania, SCOTUS, Women's health
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Tune in at Noon: WLP Discusses Abortion Ruling on WESA-FM
Yesterday, the U.S. Supreme Court struck down Texas’s admitting privileges and ambulatory surgical center regulations in a 5-3 decision written by Justice Stephen Breyer, who concluded that “neither of these provisions offers medical benefits sufficient to justify the burdens upon access … Continue reading
Posted in Abortion Access
Tagged Abortion, abortion bans, Pennsylvania, SCOTUS, Supreme Court, TRAP laws, WESA-FM
U.S. Supreme Court Overturns Sham Abortion Bans
Today, the U.S. Supreme Court struck down Texas’s admitting privileges and ambulatory surgical center regulations in a 5-3 decision written by Justice Stephen Breyer. This is a great victory for Whole Woman’s Health, the Center for Reproductive Rights, the women … Continue reading
This morning: Supreme Court to Rule on Significant Abortion Case
Today, the Supreme Court of the United States will rule on the most significant reproductive rights case in decades. About Whole Woman’s Health v. Hellerstedt: On March 2, the Supreme Court justices heard arguments regarding two provisions of HB2, a Texas law … Continue reading
Posted in Abortion
Tagged Abortion, HB2, Pennsylvania, SCOTUS, Texas, Whole Woman's Health
WLP on Pennsylvania’s Statutes of Limitations Bill
The Women’s Law Project, along with the Pennsylvania Coalition Against Rape, supports House Bill 1947 moving out of the Senate Judiciary Committee without any further amendments to the bill. House Bill 1947 concerns statutes of limitations on sex abuse, meaning … Continue reading
Posted in Sexual abuse
Tagged child sex abuse, Rape, sexual violence, statutes of limitations
Action Alert: Pennsylvania Politicians Debate Cost of Jailing Doctors
Pennsylvania politicians haven’t passed protections for LGBTQ residents in the wake of the Orlando shooting, yet they found time this morning to debate the cost of imprisoning doctors. You read that right. Members of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives plan … Continue reading
Posted in Another Abortion Ban
Tagged abortion banr, criminalizing healthcare, HB1948, Pennsylvania, reproductive health
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