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Action Alert: Help Ban Non-consensual Pelvic Exams in Pennsylvania
Did you know that it’s legal in Pennsylvania for medical providers to perform nonconsensual pelvic, prostate, and rectal exams on patients as part of medical training under anesthesia or unconscious? Nonconsensual pelvic, prostate, and rectal exams are deeply rooted...
Why Are Anti-Abortion Activists Taking Money Meant for Children in Crisis?
On a recent episode of Last Week Tonight, host John Oliver focused on how Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF), a key part of the U.S.’s woefully inadequate safety net, has been “relentlessly abused.” TANF is the only federal safety-net program intended to...
56 Years & Counting Since PA Updated Our Equal Pay Law
Today is Equal Pay Day, a day where we once again note that Pennsylvania has not updated our inadequate, ineffective, and outdated state equal pay law since 1967—when it was weakened to apply to even fewer people. Where are the state lawmakers who talk about the...
What You Need to Know About the FDA/Mifepristone Lawsuit
The anti-abortion movement’s latest effort to deprive us of access to critical reproductive healthcare comes by way of a lawsuit called Alliance for Hippocratic Medicine vs. FDA. Radical anti-abortion activists are using this flimsy case to request a nationwide ban...
The NEXTPittsburgh Interview with Sue Frietsche
What kind of person signs up for law school not to become a lawyer, but just to become better at their job? A hardworking person unafraid to take on big challenges: Our own Susan J. Frietsche recently shared that tidbit during an interview with NEXTPittsburgh....
