Following the Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization Supreme Court decision, which ruled that the Constitution does not confer the right to abortion, many states have experienced a significant rollback on abortion access. For Sue Frietsche, interim co-executive director of the Women’s Law Project and adjunct professor at Pitt’s School of Law, Pennsylvania is not.
Pittsburgh City Council passed three bills protecting reproductive freedom during Tuesday’s regular meeting. Together, they will protect Pittsburgh abortion providers from out of state prosecution, regulate deceptive advertising by crisis pregnancy shelter and de-prioritize enforcement of any future laws restricting abolition access.