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An early abortion ban (HB 2315) was introduced in the Pennsylvania House of Representatives on May 2, 2018, primarily sponsored by Rep. Rick Saccone. [9] The bill was referred to the Judiciary Committee where it died. [10] The state legislature was one of ten states nationwide that tried to unsuccessfully pass an early abortion ban in 2018.
Pennsylvania Department of Human Services that the current ban on Medicaid coverage for abortion services amounts to sex-based discrimination and sent this issue back to Commonwealth Court.
The ban exempts the woman upon whom an abortion is performed from any criminal or civil liability which, in effect, means that self-managed abortion is legal throughout pregnancy in Mississippi. Attempted or completed abortion is punishable with a maximum of 10 years imprisonment.
In 1989, Casey pushed through the legislature the "Pennsylvania Abortion Control Act", which placed limitations on abortion, including the notification of parents of minors, a twenty-four-hour waiting period, and a ban on partial-birth procedures except in cases of risk to the life of the mother.
The Dobbs decision issued June 24, 2022 upheld Mississippi's ban on abortion after 15 weeks. ... Pennsylvania. Abortion is legal until 24 weeks, with some barriers to accessing care.
For nearly 30 years, Democratic and Republican lawmakers in Pennsylvania have approved millions of taxpayer dollars for an anti-abortion program. Now the state's new governor plans to end the ...
Pennsylvanians can get abortions up to 24 weeks. But access advocates say there are still too many restrictions, like waiting periods, parental consent rules, and insufficient funding.
The issue of abortion rights is expected to play a major role this year, as it did in high court races last year and in 2023's state Supreme Court campaigns in Wisconsin and Pennsylvania. Those races took place the year after the U.S. Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade and ended nearly a half-century of a constitutional right to abortion.