ERA Project Summary of Argument Before PA Supreme Court on Whether Medicaid Abortion Ban Amounts to Sex Discrimination

Authors

Center for Gender and Sexuality Law, Columbia Law School

Project

ERA Project

Document Type

Document

Publication Date

10-2022

Abstract

On October 26, 2022, the Pennsylvania Supreme Court heard oral arguments in Allegheny Reproductive Health Center v. Pennsylvania Department of Human Services, a case in which reproductive rights advocates have challenged the state’s ban on Medicaid funding for abortion (Coverage Ban), arguing that the ban violates the state constitution’s explicit prohibitions against sex discrimination.

Disciplines

Civil Rights and Discrimination | Law | Law and Gender

Comments

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Recommended Citation

Center for Gender and Sexuality Law, ERA Project Summary of Argument Before PA Supreme Court on Whether Medicaid Abortion Ban Amounts to Sex Discrimination, (2022).
Available at: https://scholarship.law.columbia.edu/gender_sexuality_law/72