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Gosnell Trial Highlights Debate Over Impact of Abortion Clinic Regulations
Thursday, April 25, 2013
The trial of Philadelphia physician Kermit Gosnell, who is accused of killing a woman and infants born alive during abortion procedures, is escalating a debate over whether stricter regulations of abortion clinics makes unsafe facilities more or less likely to exist, NPR's "Shots" reports.
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Pa. House Passes Restrictions on Abortion Coverage in Health Insurance Marketplace
Thursday, April 25, 2013
The Pennsylvania House on Tuesday voted 144-53 to approve a measure (HB 818) that would prohibit abortion coverage in private health plans purchased through the state's insurance marketplace, which is being created under the Affordable Care Act (PL 111-148), the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette reports.
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Pa. Senate Panel Approves Bill To Limit Abortion Coverage Under Affordable Care Act
Friday, April 12, 2013
The Pennsylvania Senate Banking and Insurance Committee on Wednesday advanced a bill (SB 275) that would ban private health plans in the state's health insurance marketplaces from covering most abortions, CBS Philly reports.
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Featured Blogs
Tuesday, April 2, 2013
"Why the Response to a Philadelphia Abortion Doctor's Ongoing Murder Trial Gets It All Wrong" (Tara Culp-Ressler, Center for American Progress' "Think Progress," 3/29).
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Abortion Clinics Struggle To Adapt Under Wave of State Regulations
Friday, January 18, 2013
Abortion clinics are struggling to adapt to an onslaught of new state regulations aiming to reduce access to the procedure, Bloomberg Businessweek reports.
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Forty Years After Roe v. Wade, Pa. Abortion Clinic Remains Battleground
Monday, January 14, 2013
On the 40th anniversary of the Supreme Court's decision in Roe v. Wade, activists on both sides of the issue at a Pennsylvania abortion clinic are drained by the decades-long fight, the Washington Post's "Wonkblog" reports.
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States in 2012 Passed Second-Highest Number of Abortion Restrictions Ever, Guttmacher Finds
Friday, January 4, 2013
States passed 43 abortion restrictions in 2012, a "sharp decrease" from 2011 but nonetheless the "second-highest number" enacted in a single year, according to a new study by the Guttmacher Institute, The Hill's "Healthwatch" reports.
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Featured Blogs
Tuesday, October 30, 2012
"Is Motherhood the Most Important Job? It Depends on Whether You're Poor" (Bryce Covert, The Nation, 10/29).
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Pa. Lawmakers Withdraw Support for Bill To Limit Welfare Benefits in Some Rape Cases
Monday, October 29, 2012
Three sponsors have withdrawn their names from a Pennsylvania bill (HB 2718) that would restrict additional welfare benefits to recipients who have a child as the result of rape unless they had reported the rape to authorities, the Philadelphia Inquirer reports.
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Most Pa. Abortion Clinics Granted Licenses as New Law Takes Effect
Tuesday, June 19, 2012
Fourteen of Pennsylvania's 22 abortion clinics have received licenses allowing them to continue providing services under a new state law, the Philadelphia Inquirer reports.
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Pa. House Lawmaker To Propose Legislation Putting Funding for Planned Parenthood at Risk
Thursday, May 24, 2012
Pennsylvania state Rep. Daryl Metcalfe (R) has proposed legislation that would establish a priority system for distributing public family planning funding, putting Planned Parenthood and other organizations that provide abortion care at the bottom of the list, the Huffington Post reports.
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Pa. Ultrasound Bill Pulled From Legislative Calendar
Monday, April 9, 2012
A Pennsylvania bill (HB 1077) that would require a woman seeking abortion care to first undergo an ultrasound has been pulled from the Legislature's voting calendar, the Centre Daily News reports.
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Pa. House Postpones Upcoming Vote on Ultrasound Bill
Thursday, March 1, 2012
Pennsylvania House Majority Leader Mike Turzai (R) has postponed a vote on a bill (HB 1077) that would require a woman seeking abortion care to first undergo an ultrasound, his spokesperson said Wednesday evening, the Scranton Times-Tribune reports.
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Pa. Abortion Clinics Bracing for New Regulations
Thursday, December 22, 2011
Operators of abortion clinics in Pennsylvania say complying with new state regulations would be prohibitively expensive and could force clinics to close or raise fees for low-income women, the AP/San Francisco Chronicle reports.
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