abortion-rights
With debate over communion: Yet another reason for the Catholic church to lose members | Dick Polman
The church opposes the death penalty on principle, but has never sought to deny communion to Catholic politicians who support it.
Choice is crucial, and we will keep fighting anti-choice legislation | Opinion
Patients have a right to privacy. A pregnant person has a right to health care. What brings a person to their doctor's office is none of your business or mine.
With attacks on voting, abortion access, GOP looks to post-Wolf era. Are Dems ready? | Friday Morning Coffee
Voter suppression. Attacks on abortion rights. And science denial. The 2022 campaign matters more than ever.
Pa. House passes Down Syndrome abortion ban. Wolf vows veto
Tuesday’s vote marks the third time the House has advanced the proposal.
Roe v. Wade gave people who can get pregnant a choice about having children. Here’s how that changed their lives | Opinion
Roe v. Wade greatly improved the lives of generations of women across the U.S. in the last decades of the 20th century and early in the 21st.
There’s a pro-abortion rights case to be made for keeping the Hyde Amendment | Bruce Ledewitz
The elimination of the Hyde Amendment would energize and radicalize the anti-abortion movement.
What will a post-Trump U.S. Supreme Court look like? It might not be all that bad for liberals | Bruce Ledewitz
it is far better to leave the court alone to do its job. Even when we don’t entirely agree with the job that it does.
We’re future OB-GYNs. Pa. needs to drop its support for ‘crisis pregnancy’ centers | Opinion
Crisis Pregnancy Centers (CPCs) are anti-abortion organizations that claim to help pregnant people though they have been shown to utilize misinformation to coerce, deceive, and manipulate women.
Pa. Planned Parenthood boss resigns over hostile workplace culture claims | Wednesday Morning Coffee
Leadership at the abortion rights organization says it's committed to building a culture of inclusion and to fighting structural racism 'at all levels.'
‘All the rights we hold dear are in jeopardy,’ famed lawyer Kathryn Kolbert warns of conservative Supreme Court | John L. Micek
A 6-3 conservative Supreme Court would result in rulings that would 'alter our understanding of constitutional law,' the famed attorney warned Thursday.
Planned Parenthood to launch $1.25M Pa. push to help Biden, down ballot Dems
The effort, which primarily focuses on lifting former Vice President Joe Biden to a victory in a state that President Donald Trump carried by barely a percentage point in 2016, kicks off Thursday.
If we’re serious about protecting religious liberty, we need universal healthcare | Bruce Ledewitz
In the interests of social peace, and the long-term protection of religious liberty, the availability of medical care must be separated from employment.