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Victory: Third Circuit Court of Appeals Affirms Rights of Transgender Students
This afternoon, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit affirmed a lower court’s ruling that upheld a Pennsylvania school district’s policy that permits transgender students to use restrooms and locker rooms that correspond with their gender identity. Court...
What You Need to Know about Trump’s Attack on Title X
The Title X Family Planning Program was established by President Richard Nixon in 1970 in order to help alleviate poverty and improve the health of women and children. It fulfilled Nixon’s promise that “no American woman should be denied access to family planning...
Calling All Moms (and Mom Supporters)! Join Us to Advocate for Workplace Equality in PA on May 22
In honor of Mother’s Day month, we are joining MomsRising and fellow advocates from across the state and heading to the Capitol to call on lawmakers to pass policies that will help lift Pennsylvania families by fighting discrimination in the workplace and promoting...
Litigation Update: Briefs Filed in Case Re: If Prenatal Drug Use is Child Abuse Under Civil Law
We just filed our main brief in an important case that may have a profound influence on public health and the rights of pregnant people in Pennsylvania and beyond. Can a woman’s behavior while pregnant be considered child abuse under civil law? That’s the fundamental...
Action Alert: PA Lawmakers Just Introduced a 6-Week Abortion Ban
Have you been following the uproar over Iowa signing into law “one of the country’s most restrictive abortion laws?” Pennsylvania lawmakers just introduced it here. HB2315, introduced by Rep. Saccone, attempts to criminalize abortion at approximately six weeks, far...
