Welfare | Women's Law Project

Class Action Lawsuit Filed over Pennsylvania Medicaid Cuts

by Barbara DiTullio | Dec 29, 2014 | Health Care, Medicaid, Welfare, Women's health, Working poor

By Tara Murtha, WLP Staff Two big problems with Pennsylvania Medicaid emerged yesterday [December 22]. The problems aren’t with Medicaid per se, but with the chaos-riddled transition from traditional Medicaid to Governor Corbett’s controversial, non-expansion...

Family Caps are Still Considered Birth Control in Pennsylvania

by Barbara DiTullio | Sep 23, 2014 | Abortion, Abortion Access, Economic Justice, PA Legislature, Pennsylvania, Rape, Reproductive Rights, Sexual Assault, Welfare, Women's health, working mothers, Working poor

By Tara Murtha, WLP Staff The U.S. Census Bureau’s new report on family income reveals that 14.5 percent of all Americans, 45.3 million people, live in poverty. That’s two percentage points higher than 2007, before the recession. Pennsylvania is no exception. In 2011,...

Just Harvest Releases Barriers to Benefits Report: PA Health Program Fails to Deliver!

by Barbara DiTullio | Nov 11, 2013 | Economic Justice, Welfare, Working poor

Aly Mance, WLP Intern Just Harvest recently released their report titled Barriers to Benefits, which shows that Pennsylvania’s Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) is failing to provide Pennsylvanians with the aid that they need. Their research shows that...

UPDATE RE: H.B. 2718 Would Penalize Women on TANF for Having Children Unless They Are Survivors of “Legitimate” Rape

by Barbara DiTullio | Oct 23, 2012 | PA Law, Philadelphia Inquirer, Pregnancy, Rape, Reproductive Rights, Sexual Assault, Welfare, Women's health, Working poor

UPDATE (10/26/12): Within three days of the publication of this blog post, three of the six house sponsors of H.B. 2718 have removed their names from the sponsorship of the bill. The prime sponsor, Rep. RoseMarie Swanger, defended the bill initially, but reversed...

Gingrich Food Stamp Remarks Reflect Common, Harmful Misconceptions

by Barbara DiTullio | Feb 3, 2012 | Economic Justice, Welfare, Working poor

The 2012 GOP primary race has produced a lot of controversial sound bites, but perhaps the most ubiquitous in the past two weeks came from former Speaker of the House Newt Gingrich, when he said that if the NAACP invited him, he would “go to their convention and talk...

Pennsylvania Restricts Access to Food Stamps in Tough Economic Times

by Barbara DiTullio | Jan 13, 2012 | Economic Justice, Government, Welfare, Working poor

Pennsylvania’s Department of Public Welfare (DPW) under the Corbett Administration plans to implement an asset-based eligibility test by May 2012 that will restrict the number of Pennsylvanians eligible to receive assistance through the Supplemental Nutrition...

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