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Carol Tracy Announces Major News About the Future of WLP
From the desk of WLP Executive Director Carol E. Tracy: I have had the honor and privilege of leading the Women’s Law Project - a historic, dynamic, creative, lean, powerhouse organization – for the last 31 years of its 47-year history. I’m writing to personally share...
WLP’s Carol Tracy on the Power of Collective Action
“If there is one lesson, it is the power of joining forces,” WLP Executive Director Carol Tracy said in a recent profile in 34th Street, a publication run by students at University of Pennsylvania, where Tracy teaches courses on gender and the law. “Collective work is...
This Friday Nov. 19: Please Join Us at Our Virtual Gala!
As the U.S. Supreme Court prepares to hear arguments in the case that may further gut or outright overturn Roe, please join us for this year’s (virtual) party in Philadelphia for an update on our tireless work to protect and expand reproductive rights in Pennsylvania....
Leaders of PA Women’s Health Caucus Call to Defund CPCs in Pennsylvania
This week, leaders of the Women's Health Caucus of the Pennsylvania Legislature called for Pennsylvania to defund crisis pregnancy centers in the Commonwealth in response to the groundbreaking new report Designed to Deceive: A Study of the Crisis Pregnancy Center...
Read Our New Report on Crisis Pregnancy Centers (CPCs)
Women’s Law Project joins the Alliance: State Advocates for Women’s Rights & Gender Equality and California Women's Law Center in releasing a report, “Designed to Deceive: A Study of the Crisis Pregnancy Center Industry in Nine States.” The Alliance report and...
Medicaid Abortion Ban Case Heads to Pennsylvania Supreme Court
Today, a group of Pennsylvania-based abortion providers represented by attorneys from the Women’s Law Project; law professor David S. Cohen; Planned Parenthood Federation of America; and a private law firm filed their opening brief with the Pennsylvania Supreme Court...
WLP’s new oped in the Inquirer: Will a Texas-style Abortion Ban Come to Pennsylvania?
WLP senior staff attorney Susan J. Frietsche has described the radical new abortion ban in Texas—the one that deputizes private individuals to become volunteer detectives and investigate the reproductive systems of friends and strangers for a financial reward—as a...
Five Questions about Lactation & Breastfeeding Rights with WLP Attorneys Margaret Zhang and Sophia Elliot
At WLP, our policy advocacy is informed by what we learn from Pennsylvanians about barriers they face while trying to be healthy and economically secure. We have represented pregnant and parenting people for many years, helping them navigate, challenge, and overcome...
We Improved Young People’s Access to Abortion Amid the Pandemic
In Pennsylvania, young people who cannot obtain, or do not want to seek, parental consent for an abortion have the right to request permission through the courts during a process called “judicial bypass.” You do not need a lawyer for a judicial bypass proceeding, but...
Dear Politicians: Bullying Trans Kids is Not a Game
Back in April, five Pennsylvania state lawmakers announced they’d sponsor anti-trans legislation targeting gender-diverse teen and child student athletes. Pennsylvania House Bill 972 has been misleadingly dubbed “Fairness in Women’s Sports” legislation by...
