Search results
Jan 27, 2024 · What is Pennsylvania’s abortion law? Pregnancies can be ended in the commonwealth up to 24 weeks gestation, a deadline tied to the concept of viability that was introduced in 1973’s Roe v. Wade. Abortions can be performed after that cutoff if a pregnant person’s life or health is in danger.
Jun 28, 2022 · Finally, the Pennsylvania Supreme Court is considering whether a 1985 Pennsylvania law banning Medicaid coverage for abortions violates the Pennsylvania Constitution—specifically its explicit guarantee of equality on the basis of sex and its equal protection guarantee.
Oct 4, 2024 · Republican York County District Attorney Dave Sunday and former Auditor General and state Rep. Eugene DePasquale tackled abortion, marijuana legalization and the death penalty in a debate Thursday ...
Jan 29, 2024 · The Court ruled Pennsylvania’s abortion providers could challenge the Pennsylvania ban on Medicaid coverage for abortion as sex discrimination under the Equal Rights Amendment and as a violation of the Equal Protection provisions of the Pennsylvania Constitution.
Jun 30, 2022 · For more information about Pennsylvania abortion laws and your rights, contact the Women’s Law Project (www.womenslawproject.org, or infopitt@womenslawproject.org, or 412-281-2892) or the National Abortion Federation (https://prochoice.org or 1-877-257-0012).
Abortion is legal in Pennsylvania up to the 24th week of pregnancy. 51% of Pennsylvania adults said in a 2014 poll by the Pew Research Center that abortion should be legal and 44% said it should be illegal in all or most cases. [1]
Dec 27, 2022 · Most death penalty opponents endorse the right to use deadly force when necessary, in self-defense or defense of others, to stop an aggressor’s unjust threat of death or serious bodily injury (e.g., Paul 1995: §55). Except for pacifists, the right to life still permits defensive killing.
