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PPPA RESPONDS TO SCOTUS ABORTION DECISION

For Immediate Release: June 24, 2022 (Updated: June 24, 2022, 3:48 p.m.)


MEDIA CONTACT: Brittany Crampsie, 717 712 3480

Planned Parenthood Pennsylvania Advocates Executive Director Signe Espinoza responded to the Supreme Court of the United States’ decision today on abortion rights.

“Roe vs Wade was a landmark decision in abortion rights and access to medical care,” said Espinoza. “Today’s decision threatens those most basic freedoms, invades our privacy, and questions our autonomy. This decision allows states far more control over our bodies, but right now, abortion remains legal in Pennsylvania and PPPA will fight to keep it that way.”

“Furthermore, PPPA is going to continue its advocacy to make abortion accessible to every Pennsylvanian who needs one,” Espinoza went on. “The right to an abortion is meaningless unless it is possible to get one and for those enrolled in Medicaid, coverage for abortion is denied. We expect the Pennsylvania Supreme Court to hear a case this fall challenging that coverage ban. We’ve come too far to go back to pre-1973 unsafe health care, and we must continue the charge forward, not only for legality but for accessibility.”

“The Dobbs decision is disappointing, but it is not the end. Extremists may seek to control our bodies, but we won’t go back – we can’t.”

 

For more information on PPPA and access to abortion care in Pennsylvania, please visit our website.

 

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