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House Co-Sponsorship Memoranda
House of Representatives
Session of 2023 - 2024
Regular Session
MEMORANDUM
| Posted: | October 10, 2023 10:12 AM |
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| From: | Representative Mary Jo Daley and Rep. Melissa L. Shusterman |
| To: | All House members |
| Subject: | Abortion Protections |
| The U.S. Supreme Court's decision in Dobbs v Jackson Women’s Health Organization, declaring that the U.S. Constitution confers no right to an abortion, has led to total or near total bans on abortion in many states. Nearly one in three women aged 15 to 44 live in states where abortion is banned or mostly banned. Women in these states are being denied urgent, and in some cases lifesaving, medical care. In the near future, we plan to introduce a package of bills that would help ensure that the Commonwealth is not complicit in other states’ efforts to attack bodily autonomy. While we cannot prevent other states from criminalizing abortion, we can protect individuals seeking and providing reproductive healthcare services in Pennsylvania. Please join us in support of these important measures. |
Document #1
Introduced as HB1786
| Description: | This bill would prohibit Pennsylvania courts from cooperating with out-of-state civil and criminal cases involving reproductive healthcare services and prevent officials from other states from arresting individuals in Pennsylvania for abortion-related crimes. |
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Document #2
Introduced as HB1788
| Description: | This bill would prohibit Pennsylvania courts from enforcing other states' judgments in cases involving the provision of reproductive healthcare services. | |
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Document #3
Introduced as HB1789
| Description: | This bill would instruct our state’s healthcare licensure boards to not take adverse action against healthcare providers who offer reproductive services to out-of-state residents. | |
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Document #4
Introduced as HB1785
| Description: | This bill would instruct insurance companies to not take adverse action against healthcare providers who offer reproductive services to out-of-state residents. | |
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Document #5
Introduced as HB1784
| Description: | This bill would protect healthcare records related to reproductive services from disclosure in Pennsylvania civil and criminal actions/investigations. | |
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Document #6
Introduced as HB1787
| Description: | This bill would protect Pennsylvania's abortion providers from having their home addresses disclosed to the public. | |
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