Pennsylvania Supreme Court Takes Aim at Politics of Cruelty
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The Pennsylvania Supreme Court directed a lower court to consider a challenge to the state's 1982 prohibition on Medicaid funding for abortions in cases other than rape and incest. The 3-2 decision was seen as an invitation to declare the ban a violation of the state's Equal Rights Amendment. Texas, where abortion is effectively banned, leads the nation in pregnancies resulting from rape. Texas Governor Greg Abbott's comment dismissing concerns about women forced to bring a rapist's fetus to term is criticized after over 26,000 pregnancies resulted from rape.

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https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2024-02-04/pennsylvania-supreme-court-abortion-decision-is-win-for-abortion-rights