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Philadelphians Deserve a Fair Workweek, Too
This is a guest post by WLP legal intern Shannon, student at Drexel Kline School of Law, JD Candidate 2019. Finishing up my third year of college, I was already $75,000 in debt and I knew it will only get worse. My mom was in her second bout of chemo, so my parents...
Rewire: PA Supreme Court Could Decide Whether Using Drugs During Pregnancy Is Child Abuse
Can a woman’s behavior while pregnant be considered child abuse under civil law? That’s the fundamental question in a case co-counseled by attorneys at Women’s Law Project and Robert Lugg of Lugg & Lugg in Lock Haven. As we recently told you, we have petitioned...
A Report on Pennsylvania’s Community Conversations on Women’s Health
Throughout 2017, the Women’s Law Project worked with our partners in the Pennsylvania Campaign for Women’s Health to organize and host 12 public conversations in 10 cities and towns across the Commonwealth, so we could do what too many Pennsylvania lawmakers will not:...
WLP Asks PA Supreme Court to Review Crucial Case With Significant Implications for Rights of Pregnant Women
The issue of whether a pregnant woman can be charged civilly or criminally with child abuse for her drug use during pregnancy has been a pressing issue of American law and politics for almost three decades. Attorneys at the Women’s law Project have worked on...
Sexual Harassment at Work: Know Your Rights in Pennsylvania
We are in the midst of an extraordinary culture shift. The #MeToo and #TimesUp movements have unleashed a fury on the part of women who have been subjected to behaviors which, at their worst, involve felonious sexual assault in the workplace but also include...
