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Please Join Us at our (Virtual) Rights to Realities Gala on May 15
Typically, the Women’s Law Project hosts two galas a year: The Rights to Realities party in Pittsburgh every spring and the Philadelphia party every winter. The good news is that this year, supporters from across the state have a chance to “attend” Rights to Realities...
Join us for a (Virtual) Film Screening & Panel on Obstacles to Paying for Abortion
At the Philadelphia abortion helpline, counselors arrive each morning to the nonstop ring of calls from women and teens who are seeking to end a pregnancy but can’t afford to. In the short documentary Abortion Helpline, This is Lisa, filmmakers Janet Goldwater,...
ICYMI: New Movie Casts Stark Light on PA Teen’s Quest for an Abortion
"Never Rarely Sometimes Always" is an important and deeply moving new drama that follows a Pennsylvania teenager’s quest for abortion care. Watch the trailer here. We recently wrote about the film for the Penn-Capital Star. From the piece: Indeed, Pennsylvania’s...
Abortion Access & Judicial Bypass During Coronavirus in Pennsylvania
You may have recently read stories about state lawmakers around the country trying to exploit the pandemic to force abortion providers to deprive citizens of safe and legal healthcare. Let’s get this out of the way: Abortion is essential healthcare. Abortion providers...
Q&A with David S. Cohen about “Obstacle Course,” the New Book on Abortion Access
Obstacle Course is a new book that explores the obstacles most Americans must navigate to access safe legal abortion care in the wake of a blitz of state-level bills designed to reserve abortion access for the relatively wealthy and geographically lucky. It’s one...
