Women's Law Project

The official 2026 LGBTQIA+ Health Survey is here! This info helps the PA Dept of Health allocate resources. It's anonymous & confidential. survey.alchemer.com/s3/8488465/2...

PITTSBURGH: WLP attorney Jackie Perlow will speak about our trans rights & justice work this Saturday! Come out!

Pittsburgh judge again rejects DOJ access to transgender youth medical records at UPMC In an order Monday, Judge Cathy Bissoon reaffirmed her December denial of the DOJ’s subpoena to UPMC Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh for records.

GOOD NEWS: Judge Cathy Bissoon reaffirmed her December denial of the DOJ’s subpoena to UPMC Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh for records. www.wesa.fm/health-scien...

STARTING NOW: WLP will be calling for the City of Philadelphia to fund services for survivors of sexual violence. LIVESTREAM: phlcouncil.com/watch-city-c...

Thank you to our co-leads: American Association of University Women, Know Your IX, National Alliance to End Sexual Violence, @endrapeoncampus.bsky.social, @equalrightsadv.bsky.social, @itsonus.bsky.social, @ssais.bsky.social, @victimrightslaw.bsky.social, &
@womenslawproject.bsky.social.

As domestic violence homicides rise in Philly, a police unit will expand to work with victims of abuse Police hope the expanded 20-member team that's part of the Office of Victim Advocacy and Engagement will lead to fewer fatalities.

Gift @inquirer.com article: 1 in 6 homicides in Philadelphia are domestic violence share.inquirer.com/nXbO7Y

🚨1 MINUTE ACTION: Urge Sen. Fetterman to oppose so-called "Save America Act" ---> actionnetwork.org/.../tell-sen...

Rep. Lisa Subeck calls for crisis pregnancy centers to disclose lack of privacy protections • Wisconsin Examiner Concerns about information being gathered about women’s reproductive health have surged in the years since Roe v. Wade was overturned.

"Unregulated pregnancy centers often look like clinics, but they aren’t held to the basic medical privacy rules"

Calls to reject ICE grow across Pa. amid national outrage over lethal tactics In the wake of lethal ICE operations in Minnesota, a growing number of local jurisdictions in Pennsylvania are calling for measures to restrict or end cooperation with federal immigration forces. Stil...

This is our power - to demand our local and state governments do not facilitate ICE's escalating brutality. www.pennlive.com/politics/202...

Abortion law nerds! Can you score a perfect 10? Take the quiz and let us know how you did! lnkd.in/eg-Fpbtm

A Pregnant Woman at Risk of Heart Failure Couldn’t Get Urgent Treatment. She Died Waiting for an Abortion. In a state that had legislated its commitment to life, Graham spent her final days struggling to find anyone to save hers.

Ciji Graham is the 7th *known* abortion-ban fatality since Dobbs. www.propublica.org/article/nort...

This high school sophomore is aiming for a Supreme Court upset in transgender sports case | CNN Politics This high school sophomore is aiming for a Supreme Court upset in transgender sports case

[CNN con't.] -- In a perfect example of trans-baiting, both bills were passed to keep trans girls from supposedly "destroying" school sports but Becky Pepper-Jackson is the _only_ trans girl competing WV has identified just as Lindsay Hecox was the _only_ one ID had identified.

We support the transgender athletes fighting these harmful bans--> www.linkedin.com/pulse/tues-1...

100s of rapes unreported by State College police The missing data masked the true extent of the crime surrounding Penn State. The central PA department claims it was unaware of a 2013 change to what is considered rape.

"Under the old definition, 'a vast array of violent, degrading, abusive sexual assaults were excluded from the data that are used to inform the public about the prevalence of rape,' said Lila Slovak, director of WLP’s Philadelphia office." www.spotlightpa.org/statecollege...

“A vast array of violent, degrading, abusive sexual assaults were excluded from the data that are used to inform the public about the prevalence of rape,” said Lila Slovak, director of the @womenslawproject.bsky.social’s Philadelphia office.

WATCH 12/10: They want to dismantle protections against sex-based discrimination in Pennsylvania | Women's Law Project

The case was just called up! More information about the case challenging Pennsylvania's anti-discrimination protections:

This morning, PA Commonwealth Court will hear a case wherein petitioners are challenging PA's state-based protections against sex-based discrimination

Are you - or do you know - the next member of our team in Pittsburgh?? www.womenslawproject.org/employment

Philadelphia City Council will begin today's all-day hearing on the city's response to domestic violence at 10AM. Livestream: phlcouncil.com/watch-city-c...

US judge blocks Trump from cutting Medicaid funding for Planned Parenthood in 22 states A federal judge on Tuesday blocked U.S. President Donald Trump's administration from enforcing in 22 states a provision of the Republican's signature tax and domestic policy bill that would deprive Pl...

A victory for the law, the constitution, and public health in Pennsylvania thanks to Gov Shapiro www.reuters.com/world/us-jud...

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@jessicavalenti.bsky.social's report: jessica.substack.com/p/abortion-i...

What you need to know about First Choice v. Platkin, the anti-abortion "crisis pregnancy center" case at the U.S. Supreme Court today

3 Facts about Pennsylvania law & Trans Rights:

A Bill Criminalizing Abortion Failed in the South Carolina Senate, but Prosecutors Have Long Treated Pregnancy as a Crime A Bill Criminalizing Abortion Failed in the South Carolina Senate, but Prosecutors Have Been Punishing Pregnant Women for Decades

The situation in South Carolina is a window into how pregnancy criminalization works msmagazine.com/2025/11/24/s...