State Senators Amanda Cappelletti and Judith Schwank’s bills will offer safeguards for providers and for in-state and out-of-state patients looking to access reproductive care, including abortion, in PA.
The new governor has promised to protect abortion access and veto any legislation to restrict or outlaw the procedure during a series of press calls earlier this year.
Because it’s a general election, all registered voters, including those registered as independent or third-party, can participate.
Thursday’s speech marks Biden’s second visit to Pennsylvania — a battleground state with high-stakes elections this fall — in the past week
A Bucks County mom recently received a surgical abortion because she miscarried. She now wonders if abortion is banned in PA, “Would I have then bled out at home in my bathroom … Would I have been forced to undergo a labor that would never produce a live child and risk dying on the hospital table?”
“Bodily autonomy and privacy should be a human right,” Physician General and acting Health Secretary Dr. Denise Johnson testified Tuesday.
The upper chamber voted 30-20 along party lines to send the proposal to the House of Representatives for consideration.
Feeding America estimates that 1.3 million people in Pennsylvania, including 380,000 children, struggle with food insecurity.
With increased health needs, should Pa. update school staffing requirements?
The Bucks County Beacon spoke with the DeGennaro scholarship winners
from the last two years – Natalie Buechel and Dan Kovitz, both from the local band Sour Station who will be playing Saturday.
If the Supreme Court continues to overturn legal precedents on women’s rights, LGBTQ rights, and other issues, old state laws that haven’t been enforced, possibly for centuries, can suddenly spring back to life.
The 11-bill package includes solar for schools, prevailing wages for green energy, and e-waste recycling.
“Access to health care is inextricably linked to economic mobility, and basic preventative care like birth control should not be a luxury that is only available to some,” said Bucks County State Rep. Tim Brennan.
Students want to learn and express themselves about what’s happening in the Middle East. We need to embrace that, not run away from it.
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