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The overturning of Roe v. Wade opened up 50 fronts in the fight against abortion on demand.
Posted on 10/21/2025 1:07:05 PM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum
The bills would return Pennsylvania to the Kermit Gosnell era, with legal protections for abortionists and late-term abortions.
The Pennsylvania House Judiciary Committee votes on a package of six bills Wednesday that will make it possible for pregnant Pennsylvania women to kill their unborn babies up to birth. It will also turn Pennsylvania into an abortion tourism destination, allowing women from states with stronger pro-life rules to kill their babies in Pennsylvania with no legal entanglements.
Currently Pennsylvania bans abortion after 24 weeks (six months), though even then state law makes an exception “when the pregnancy poses a serious health risk or threatens the life” of the mother.
The main legislation is HB 1957, which aims to amend the Pennsylvania Constitution, making abortion a state constitutional right. HB 1957 would have to be approved by voters on a statewide ballot, and the committee hearing is the first step in that long process to amend the state constitution. First it must be approved in committee, then it moves to the House. The Pennsylvania House has a slight Democrat majority over Republicans, 102-101, so there is a good chance the constitutional amendment (and the entire six-bill package) will be approved by the committee and could pass the House.
The Republican-led Senate is less likely to approve the amendment, but if it did, the General Assembly would need to pass the proposed amendment again in the next legislative session, and it would then be placed on the ballot for statewide voter approval. Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro, a strong and tacky proponent of abortion (often making cutesy posts about “protecting access”), would not be involved in the amendment process.
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We’ve come a long way from the days when Pro-Life Democrat Bob Casey Senior was governor of Pennsylvania.
Up until birth... After that an assisted suicide bill should take care of the rest.
God will continue to bless PA.
There’s such a thing as Pro-Life Democrats?
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