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Does Your Local Hospital Refuse to Provide Emergency Contraception to Rape Victims?
In Pennsylvania, hospitals that refuse to provide sexual-assault patients with emergency contraception due to stated moral or religious belief must submit that decision to the state department of health, so that Pennsylvanians have the information necessary to seek...
Why We’re Working Today in Solidarity with the Women’s Strike
March 8 is International Women’s Day and, this year, organizers of the historic Women’s Marches have designated today as a women’s strike they are calling “A Day Without a Woman.” From the announcement: “In the same spirit of love and liberation that inspired the...
WLP Statement on Proposal to Defund Planned Parenthood
President Trump’s reported threat to defund Planned Parenthood unless the organization stops providing safe, legal abortion care is the epitome of pro-life hypocrisy. Just last year, the president himself admitted that Planned Parenthood’s low-cost healthcare helps...
WLP Testifies on the Impact Repealing the ACA Would Have on Women in Philadelphia
Today, Terry L. Fromson, Managing Attorney at the Women's Law Project, testified before Philadelphia City Council's Committee on Public Health and Human Services regarding the impact of repealing the Affordable Care Act on the residents of Philadelphia. “Healthcare is...
WLP Signs Brief Supporting Transgender Rights in Upcoming SCOTUS Case
The Women’s Law Project signed on to an amicus curiae brief submitted to the Supreme Court of the United States filed by the National Women’s Law Center in support of teenager Gavin Grimm in a landmark transgender right case. Background: “The bathroom issue” One day...
