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Posted on 11/14/2025 2:06:24 AM PST by Morgana
n states where abortion is legal, at least 34 clinics have closed in the past two years, citing financial and operational struggles. In September, an appeals court allowed President Donald Trump’s administration to block Medicaid funds to Planned Parenthood, putting an estimated 200 health centers at risk of closing, according to the organization.
To fill in the funding gaps, states and cities nationwide have been stepping up financially to support abortion access.
Following the Dobbs decision that overturned Roe v. Wade in 2022, Philadelphia granted $500,000 to the Abortion Liberation Fund of PA, a nonprofit focused on protecting and expanding abortion rights in Philly and surrounding counties. Since then, the city has designated at least half a million dollars to reproductive health.
In September 2024, the city gave $500,000 directly to Planned Parenthood, in addition to spending $450,000 in funding to address other reproductive health care rights in the city. However, when Mayor Cherelle Parker’s budget was approved in June, that funding number dropped to zero.
Councilmember Kendra Brooks criticized the city’s decision to cut the funding at a time when women’s health care rights and access are under attack in the country. Brooks serves as chair of Philadelphia’s Reproductive Freedom Task Force, a new team established in 2024.
“In our most recent budget no money was put towards reproductive care, which is definitely problematic,” Brooks said. “Especially when other cities like Chicago, Atlanta and Baltimore are stepping up with direct city funding for abortion and reproductive care, but here in Philly we can’t even get a hearing.”
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PA ping.
Could you please ping this out because some local yocal has forgotten Kermit Gosnell already.
I haven’t
Human rights are apparently whatever the left wants cause I just looked through them and didn’t see it listed...
1 All human beings are free and equal in dignity and rights.
2 Right to freedom from discrimination.
3 Right to life, liberty, and security of person.
4 Freedom from slavery and servitude.
5 Freedom from torture and cruel, inhuman treatment.
6 Right to recognition as a person before the law.
7 Equality before the law and protection against discrimination.
8 Right to an effective remedy for violations of rights.
9 Freedom from arbitrary arrest, detention, or exile.
10 Right to a fair and public hearing by an independent tribunal.
11 Presumption of innocence until proven guilty.
12 Right to privacy and protection from attacks on honor and reputation.
13 Freedom of movement and residence within borders.
14 Right to seek asylum from persecution.
15 Right to a nationality and the freedom to change it.
16 Right to marry and found a family.
17 Right to own property.
18 Freedom of thought, conscience, and religion.
19 Freedom of opinion and expression.
20 Right to peaceful assembly and association.
21 Right to participate in government and free elections.
22 Right to social security and economic, social, and cultural rights.
23 Right to work, free choice of employment, and favorable conditions.
24 Right to rest and leisure.
25 Right to an adequate standard of living, including health and well-being.
26 Right to education.
27 Right to participate in cultural life and enjoy the benefits of scientific progress.
28 Right to a social and international order that enables the realization of rights.
29 Duties to the community and respect for the rights of others.
30 Prohibition of any activity that aims to destroy the rights and freedoms in the Declaration.
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"Paging Doctor Gosnell..."
Kermit Gosnell is currently incarcerated at the
State Correctional Institution (SCI) at Smithfield in Huntingdon, Pennsylvania
Yes, I know. Point is this is what they mean by protecting abortion rights.
Filthy evil scumbag Democrats killing themselves. And the inner city cannibals eat their young. This is why they need illegal aliens, to become their next meal since there are no baby’s remaining to devour.
It’s what Rats do. /spit
Since the baby is human, does this give the baby rights?
EC
What kind of drugs are the Phillie Phools doing?
Like anything they think matters.
Councilmember Kendra Brooks is not a biologist.
It’s a human right to kill another innocent human? These people are evil and twisted.
Can’t be a human right if it kills a human
How many people actually even bother to vote in these elections?
“Philadelphia City Council approves resolution recognizing abortion rights as human rights (Barf)”
Philadelphia City Council approves resolution recognizing abortion rights as Satan’s command to slaughter babies.
There, fixed it
Maybe they could do something about potholes or street signs or urban decay.
Or is meaningless political posturing easier than their jobs?
I never thought of abortion rights as “human rights” & I don’t think God does either.
I never thought of abortion rights as “human rights” & I doubt that God does either.
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