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Pa. House committee advances bill requiring informed consent for certain medical exams
The legislation holds the health care provider overseeing a medical student for violating the measure, mandating a $500 penalty for a first violation and $1,000 for a second or subsequent one.
Lancaster Co. House candidate loses Dem endorsements in confusion over abortion stance
Janet Diaz says she supports the right to choose; but the lawmakers had 'no specific recollection of endorsing' her.
House bill aims to protect intellectually disabled from false confessions | Thursday Morning Coffee
Good Thursday Morning, Fellow Seekers. Police reform measures may have lost some of the momentum they had in Harrisburg in the days after last April’s conviction of former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin, but that hasn’t stopped some lawmakers from continuing to press the case for badly needed change. The newest proposal comes from state Rep. Liz Hanbidge, D-Montgomery, […]
Pa.’s waitlist system is an injustice to its disabilities community | Opinion
It is unacceptable to leave a vulnerable community waiting indefinitely on services they need to survive.
It’s time to end Pa’s outrageous practice of non-consensual, unnecessary pelvic exams | Opinion
Right now in Pennsylvania, doctors and medical students can perform invasive, unnecessary, physical exams on unconscious patients without their consent.
The Pa. House needs rules to function properly | Opinion
The topic of the bill played no part in the outcome of the situation on May 8. It is unfortunate that some would take this procedural ruling and turn it to partisan ends.
Suburban Philly Democrat says Turzai ignored her during debate over Down syndrome abortion ban
Rep. Liz Hanbidge, D-Montgomery, told the Capital-Star that she had stood up and waved her hand to make a motion to send the bill back to committee.