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Abortion RestrictionsThe Women's Law Project has a stellar record of achievement protecting reproductive freedom in Pennsylvania and elsewhere in the United States. We represented the plaintiffs in three landmark U.S. Supreme Court decisions on reproductive freedom: ACOG v. Thornburgh (1986), Planned Parenthood v. Casey (1992), and Ferguson v. City of Charleston (2001). See more resources and information on abortion restrictions.
Other Resources:
If You Are Pregnant and Seriously Ill (PA Medical Assistance) (November 2002) If You've Been Raped (PA Medical Assistance) (November 2002) Medical Assistance for Abortion in Pennsylvania (November 2002)
Young Women's Guide to Abortion in Pennsylvania guia para las jovenes en cuanto al aborto en Pennsylvania Young Women’s Reproductive Rights in Pennsylvania - More Q&As
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Women’s Law Project Decries Supreme Court Decision Upholding Federal Abortion BanThe U.S. Supreme Court today (April 18, 2007) set aside 30 years of precedent protecting women’s health and safety by allowing Congress to dictate medical procedures used in abortions. The Court upheld the federal abortion ban passed by Congress and signed by President Bush in 2003. Leading medical organizations, including the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists, which represents 90% of all board certified ob-gyns, opposed the federal abortion ban as “inappropriate, ill-advised and dangerous.” A throwback to pre-Roe days, the ban criminalizes a medical procedure used in the second trimester of pregnancy in spite of expert medical testimony that it provides significant health and safety advantages for women with certain health conditions, such as bleeding disorders, heart disease, compromised immune systems, and for women carrying fetuses with certain abnormalities, such as severe hydrocephalus. “Today’s decision is about controlling women’s lives,” said Susan Frietsche, senior staff attorney at the Women’s Law Project. As Justice Ginsburg points out in her dissenting opinion: “The law saves not a single fetus from destruction for it targets only a method of performing abortion…And surely the statute was not designed to protect the lives or health of pregnant women.” “This decision undoubtedly will embolden more and more conservative, right wing legislators to enact further restrictions on abortion rights, and again make the High Court the battleground which Planned Parenthood v. Casey attempted to curtail,” said Carol Tracy, Executive Director of the Women’s Law Project. The Women’s Law Project (WLP) is a public interest law firm in Philadelphia that served as co-counsel in Planned Parenthood v Casey and has participated in other major abortion related cases before the U.S. Supreme Court over the past 25 years. The WLP assisted the Center for Reproductive Rights, counsel in Gonzales v. Carhart, in organizing the amicus curiae briefs in this case. Contacts: Carol Tracy, 215-928-9801 or Susan Frietsche, 412-227-0301. ### |
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