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GOP plans to slash safety net programs threaten vulnerable Pennsylvanians

How a law from 1873 could end abortion access in every state

Adrienne Daily, center, and her daughter, Kierson Daily, raise their fists in protests during a rally against the U.S. Supreme Court's decision to overturn Roe v. Wade, June 24, 2022, in Pittsburgh.

Gov. Josh Shapiro presses insurance companies to cover contraceptive pill

US Supreme Court building

Biden pushes to reform Supreme Court after decisions on abortion, presidential immunity

IVF

Republicans claim to support IVF. A legal expert says their platform implies otherwise.

LGBTQ Rights

House Republicans vote to overturn Title IX protections for LGBTQ+ students

The Allegheny Reservoir as seen from the namesake overlook at the end of the Jake's Rocks Overlook Trail in Allegheny National Forest, Mead Township, Warren County, Pennsylvania, August 2020. (Wikimedia Commons)

8 free or low-cost fun places to take your family this summer in Pennsylvania

86% of Americans believe IVF should be legal

Pennsylvania Republicans say they support IVF but they back legislation that would ban it

PA reproductive rights advocates respond to Alabama ruling that frozen embryos are people

Crisis pregnancy centers netted $1.4 billion in revenue in 2022, memo shows

Black History Month: Activist says Medicaid coverage of abortion is vital

Boxes of the drug mifepristone sit on a shelf at the West Alabama Women's Center in Tuscaloosa, Ala., on March 16, 2022.

Medical journal retracts two studies cited in a suit challenging abortion pill

‘Red, White and Blue’ short film offers commentary on reproductive rights

Pennsylvania dairy farmer turns 1,000-pound butter sculpture into renewable energy