PRESS RELEASES

March 29, 2024: WLP Files Historic U.S. Supreme Court Brief Urging Court to Overturn Dobbs

March 7, 2024: WLP Appearing at SXSW for World Premiere of “Preconceived,” a New Documentary on Anti-Abortion Crisis Pregnancy Centers

February 14, 2024: Lebo Pride Files Brief Supporting Transgender & Nonbinary Students in Much-Watched PA School Case Centered on LGBTQ-inclusive Curriculum

February 2, 2024: WLP Files Brief to U.S. Supreme Court Supporting FDA in Medication Abortion/Mifepristone Case

January 29, 2024: Pennsylvania Supreme Court Rules in Favor of State’s Abortion Providers in Critical Abortion Rights Case

January 26, 2024: WLP Statement on New State Program to Support Pregnant & Parenting Students 

December 13, 2023: Public Interest Law Advocates from Across the Country Urge the Biden Administration to Stop States from Funneling TANF Funds to Anti-Abortion “Crisis Pregnancy Centers” (CPCs)

August 4, 2023: WLP Statement on Shapiro Administration Ending Contract with Real Alternatives

June 27, 2023: What the Federal Pregnant Workers Fairness Act Means for Pennsylvanians 

December 19, 2022: WLP Files Brief in Harrisburg Buffer Zone Case 

December 8, 2022: WLP Statement Re: Pennsylvania’s New LGBTQ+ Nondiscrimination Regulations

August 4, 2022: WLP Statement on Pennsylvania Double-Funding Crisis Pregnancy Center Network Real Alternatives with Money Designated for Poor Children 

July 28, 2022: WLP Statement on Governor Wolf’s Lawsuit Against the General Assembly

October 26, 2021: Report Reveals Crisis Pregnancy Center (CPC) Industry Increasingly Relies on Public Funds to Push Medical Disinformation & Experimental “Treatment” on Pregnant People

October 13, 2021: Litigation Challenging Pennsylvania’s Medicaid Ban on Abortion Coverage Heads to State Supreme Court 

March 26, 2021: WLP Statement on Commonwealth Court Ruling in Pennsylvania Medicaid Coverage of Abortion Case 

September 15, 2020: Pennsylvania-based “Crisis Pregnancy Centers” are Promoting Unethical Medical Experimentation on Pregnant People

August 11, 2020: WLP Statement on Philadelphia’s Wage Equity Ordinance

March 25, 2020: Guide to Obtaining Protection From Abuse Orders in Philadelphia During the Pandemic 

December 3: WLP Files Brief with U.S. Supreme Court in Next Major Abortion Rights Case

October 21: WLP Statement on Six-Week Abortion Ban HB 1977

August 20: WLP Files Brief Supporting Women Incarcerated in Berks County Prison System 

July 17: Pennsylvania Supreme Court Affirms Paid Sick Days in Pittsburgh 

January 16: Pennsylvania Abortion Providers File Lawsuit Challenging Medicaid Abortion Coverage Ban

2018 Press Releases

May 10: Litigation Update: Briefs Filed in Case Re: If Prenatal Drug Use is Child Abuse Under Civil Law


2017 Press Releases

December 6: Read our Letter to Pennsylvania Lawmakers Outlining Why SB3 is Unconstitutional

December 5: WLP Statement: Why We Strongly Oppose Senate Bill 3

October 11: WLP Statement on Pennsylvania Suing Donald Trump Over the New Contraception Rules

October 6: WLP Statement on Trump Administration’s Rollback of Contraception Mandate

October 4: WLP Statement on Congressman Tim Murphy 

September 27: WLP’s New Website Exposes Discrimination Against Female Athletes in Pennsylvania Secondary Public Schools

September 22: WLP Statement on Trump Administration’s Rollback of Protections for Sexual Assault Victims in School

September 15: We Filed a Brief Supporting the City of Philadelphia in the Fight for Equal Pay

September 7: WLP Statement on Betsy DeVos’s Title IX Announcement

June 15 – “Pennsylvania Community Conversations on Pregnancy, Parenthood, and Women’s Health” Kicks Off in Erie, PA

June 5 – Lock Haven Athletes Sue For Athletic Equity and Seek to Stop Immediate Harm to Women’s Sports

May 22 – Invitation to Cover: Advocates Declare May 23 “Unequal Pay Day” in Philadelphia 

May 4 – Carol Tracy Honored with Prestigious Sandra Day O’Connor Award 

April 17 – Invitation to Cover: Rally for Reproductive Rights in Pennsylvania 4/18

January 19 – WLP’s Carol Tracy to Speak at the Women’s March on Philadelphia


2016 Press Releases

August 22 – WLP Statement on Penn State Rape Case Involving Nate Parker

August 19 – WLP Statement In Memory of John Timoney 

July 14 – WLP Managing Attorney Terry L. Fromson Elected to the American Law Institute

June 30 – Open Letter from WLP to Pennsylvania Senate Leadership Re: House Bill 1948

June 27 – U.S. Supreme Court Overturns Sham Abortion Bans

June 27 – U.S. Supreme Court to Rule on Significant Abortion Case

June 22 – WLP Statement on Pennsylvania’s Statute of Limitations on Child Sex Abuse Bill

January 19 – Invitation: #ProtecttheZonePA Twitter Town Hall 10AM on 1/20


2015 Press Releases

December 15 – WLP on the Department of Justice’s First-Ever Guidance on Gender Bias in Policing

November 20 – Carol E. Tracy Honored by the American Society of Criminology 

August 12 – Victory! Successful Resolution to Healthcare Lawsuit 

July 30 – WLP Executive Director Carol E. Tracy Addresses Failed Planned Parenthood Sting

July 23 – WLP Managing Attorney Terry L. Fromson Honored as Trailblazer Alongside VP Joe Biden

January 13 – Federal Lawsuit Targets DHS For Illegally Delaying Health Coverage for 85,000 Pennsylvania Women

May 13 – Victory! Philadelphia’s Earned Paid Sick Days in Effect Today

May 11 – WLP Announces the Pennsylvania Campaign for Women’s Health


2014 Press Releases

June 30 – Supreme Court Rules That For-Profit Employers Can Refuse to Cover Birth Control

June 26– Women’s Law Project Denounces Supreme In Abortion Clinic ‘Buffer Zone’ Case

May 13 – Gender Equality Wrestling Case Nominated for the International Gender Justice Uncovered Award

April 2 – Court Enters Consent Decree So Pennsylvania Girls Can Wrestle

January 13 – Motion for Preliminary Injunction Granted to Seventh-Grade Female Student to Join All-Male Wrestling Team


2013 Press Releases

November 6 – ACLU and WLP Take Action on Behalf of Woman Denied Right to Pump Breast Milk at Work

August 20 – Women’s Law Project and ACLU fight for domestic partner benefits for Pittsburgh teacher

June 26 – Women’s Advocates Hail Supreme Court Marriage Rulings

June 17 – Women are Watching: Indignation Over Potential Repeal to Gender Equity Reporting Law


2012 Press Releases

March 14 – Pregnant Prisoner Shackled During Childbirth Settles Civil Rights Suit Against PA Department of Corrections

January 12 – WLP Applauds Attorney General Holder on Changes to UCR Definition of Rape

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