“As a pediatrician, I have seen firsthand the benefits of the PA WIC program for women, children, and families across the Commonwealth,” said PA’s Acting Secretary of Health Dr. Debra Bogen.
While six state boards “took action…warning that licensees who engage in conversion therapy may be subject to administrative discipline,” the state still lacks a law banning the practice.
Advocates for the unhoused in Bucks County weigh in on what this decision could mean for our most vulnerable community members.
“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.
A coalition of advocates and state lawmakers is working to end this cruel and inhumane practice. “In our prisons we have the suffering Olympics,” said NAMI Bucks County’s Nicholas Emeigh.
Poverty and homelessness are issues often neglected, or dismissed, by lawmakers. PA Poor People’s Campaign wants to change that.
Local students, along with more than a dozen organizations, will host a vigil marking the sixth anniversary of the Parkland shooting on Wednesday at 6:30 p.m. at the Rainbow Room in Doylestown.
Bucks County Commissioners can take the lead by mandating oversight and accountability. If not, legislative change may be needed in Harrisburg to correct racial disparities.
The death of a homeless Bucks County woman last week reminds us that we are failing the least fortunate among us.
Swegal hopes his movie will be a conversation starter that challenges viewers to feel empathy.
It’s unclear if Bucks County Sheriff’s deputies were involved.
“For a long time, people saw white supremacist politics and white nationalism as on the fringe of American politics. It has now become the mainstream of the American right, whose central foundation is within the Republican Party,” said Marc Morial, president of the Urban League.
“The DOJ seems dead set on acquiring personal information on voters, including driver’s license numbers, Social Security numbers and dates of birth — records that are highly protected under federal law and under state law and which state election officials are sworn to protect,” said David Becker, executive director of the nonpartisan Center for Election Innovation & Research.
“In Pennsylvania, our current law puts regulations around abortion care in the criminal code, and that is absolutely unacceptable. Health care is not a crime,” said State Senator Amanda Cappelletti.
