Thread by @WomensLawProj

🚨In PA, anti-abortion extremists run the Health Committee

📈Maternal mortality is up 21.4% here

😳Today, the House Health Comm is advancing 2 bills experts say would INCREASE maternal mortality

Here are details on the cruel & harmful anti-abortion bills that are expected to advance on partisan lines in the PA House Health Comm at 9:30 this morning womenslawproject.org/2021/05/24/act…

LIVESTREAM: Watch Pennsylvania's anti-abortion extremists advance bills that would *increase maternal mortality* here livestream.com/accounts/21610…

Rep. Rapp begins by stating these bills "tend to be a little controversial." Yes, exploiting your legislative power in the Health Comm to prioritize bills opposed by medical experts SHOULD BE CONTROVERSIAL #AbortionIsHealthcare

Rapp calls these bills "pro-life."

Medical experts say these bills will increase preventable deaths of pregnant Pennsylvanians

Is that "pro-life?" #AbortionisHealthcare

Details on the 3 bills the PA House Health Comm is debating right now #StopPABans womenslawproject.org/2021/05/24/act…

Klunk is highlighting a sex-based abortion ban on the books in PA.

The only reason that provision's never been challenged is bc as far as we know it's never been enforced, which makes sense since it's based on a racist myth #StopPABans

Reminder, Klunk voted to eliminate safety-net funds for Pennsylvanians w/ disabilities last session

Not one disability rights org supports #HB1500 bc they see it or what it is: crass exploitation of people with disabilities to advance an anti-abortion agenda

#StopPABans

Rep. Rapp is pushing anti-abortion movement's talking points, as usual. This time it's the Iceland myth government.is/diplomatic-mis…

The PA House Health Committee passed #HB1500 15-10 womenslawproject.org/2021/05/24/act…

Rep. Ryan is "asking the ladies in the room," meaning fellow elected lawmakers, to "recognize how men feel" when their wife is pregnant while promoting a bill that imposes his personal beliefs to every Pennsylvania woman #StopPABans #HB118

Rep. Ryan claims #HB118 only provides an option & does not require death certificate.

FALSE. It is a mandate.
FALSE. To get a burial permit, you need a death certificate. womenslawproject.org/2021/05/24/act…

.@RepDanFrankel bringing the facts to the #HB118 debate. Yes, this bill imposes the personal beliefs of a handful of PA lawmakers onto all Pennsylvanians

Supporters are now stating that if you have a miscarriage at home, you won't be forced to bury/cremate the tissue. How generous.

What happens when you go to a physician for miscarriage aftercare? #HB118

The PA House Health Comm passed #HB118 "fetal burial" bill 15-10 #StopPABans

The House Health Comm is now voting on #HB904, a 6-week abortion ban medical experts say would kill women, if implemented

.@RepDanFrankel notes #HB904 is effectively a complete abortion ban. No exceptions for rape/incest victims, it'd force child victims of sex abuse to carry pregnancies to term #StopPABans

"Pennsylvanians today, pay close attention because the future of access to abortion has never been more at risk in Pennsylvania" @RepDanFrankel #StopPABans

Does Rep. Rapp actually believe criminalizing abortion stops abortion?

You'd think someone who serves the anti-abortion industry instead of constituents would know relevant research.

Criminalizing abortion prevents access to safe, legal abortion. It kills women. #StopPABans

Rapp is now discussing the Constitution.

Rapp was a signee of the letter urging the AG to investigate debunked "election irregularities" billypenn.com/2021/01/12/pen…

The House Health Comm passed 6-week abortion ban #HB904 15-10.

The hearing is now over.

Contact your House Reps! These bills will move to the House floor next. womenslawproject.org/2021/05/24/act…

LIVESTREAM @ 10:30: @PAWomensHealth is hosting a press conference to respond to today's attack on the rights & reproductive health of Pennsylvanians facebook.com/SenCappelletti…

.@RepCephas is discussing her legislative package strategically designed to reduce maternal mortality in PA.

"Unfortunately, our counterparts have a different agenda" #StopPABans

@RepCephas: Women, particularly women of color, are dying of pregnancy-related causes in PA

In PA, pre-pandemic, maternal mortality rose 21.4% between 2013-2018

Yet: the PA House Health Comm leadership is ignoring this crisis to pass more abortion bans

Let's pause & note how amazing it is to have such a large bicameral, pro-choice Women's Health Caucus in PA @PAWomensHealth

A few years ago? Only 6/203 lawmakers committed to evidence-based policies for reproductive healthcare #StopPABans

.@RepDanFrankel citing laws around the country forcing doctors to lie to patients about abortion, including abortion pill "reversal" - rogue experimentation on pregnant people not only happening in PA, but promoted by CPCs funded by the Commonwealth #StopPABans

Kelsey, an advocate, is sharing her story. She says she does so to fight politically-imposed stigma about her experience & harmful bills like the ones promoted today--without input of anyone who would be affected #StopPABans

Kelsey learned her son could not live & chose to terminate at 22 weeks.

"Why do some legislators like Rep. Rapp insist on doing this to me & other people considering an abortion w/o ever having heard from us despite many hearings?" #StopPABans

"If you would have made a different choice, that's exactly why I'm sharing my story ... Privacy & freedom from government intrusion would allow you to do what you choose, should you find yourself in my shoes" - Kelsey #StopPABans