{"id":126924,"date":"2024-01-30T23:26:48","date_gmt":"2024-01-31T04:26:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/?p=126924"},"modified":"2024-01-30T23:26:48","modified_gmt":"2024-01-31T04:26:48","slug":"schlossberg-welcomes-pa-supreme-court-health-care-decision","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/?p=126924","title":{"rendered":"Schlossberg welcomes PA Supreme Court health care decision"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>HARRISBURG, Jan. 30 \u2013\u00a0<\/strong>State Rep. Mike Schlossberg issued the following statement about Monday\u2019s decision by the Pennsylvania Supreme Court regarding the Allegheny Reproductive Health Center case.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWith the Dobbs decision, the United States Supreme Court essentially left the fate of abortion health care to the whim of the states, as if the rights of a woman in Pennsylvania are more or less important than if she lived elsewhere. This is a horrendous policy. Abortion should be legal across the country. Monday\u2019s decision will put Pennsylvania\u2019s Medicaid abortion ban under the scrutiny it deserves under the Pennsylvania Constitution.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPennsylvania\u2019s Medical Medicaid abortion ban serves no reasonable health care purpose.\u00a0It is punitive. It is discriminatory. It is elitist.\u00a0Abortion is health care and such care should be available regardless of economic means.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn 2022, the Dobbs decision made America a much more hostile place to reproductive health care. It also increased an emphasis on the role of the state to protect reproductive care. I continue to do everything in my power, working closely with Governor Shapiro, and members of the General Assembly, to fight for the reproductive care assured under the Pennsylvania Constitution.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>House Democrats are committed to promoting better jobs, better schools and better communities. Putting people ahead of politics, House Democrats are leading the charge to lower taxes, help workers save for retirement, put more teachers in local schools, and make communities safer. More information on these successful efforts is at\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/pahouse.com\/deliveringforpa\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/pahouse.com\/deliveringforpa&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1706760630216000&amp;usg=AOvVaw11I3vluuemyo_24O6VIO2F\">pahouse.com\/deliveringforpa<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Information provided to TVL by:<br \/>\nTom Andrews<br \/>\nHouse Democratic Communications Office<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>HARRISBURG, Jan. 30 \u2013\u00a0State Rep. Mike Schlossberg issued the following statement about Monday\u2019s decision by the Pennsylvania Supreme Court regarding the Allegheny Reproductive Health Center case. \u201cWith the Dobbs decision, &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/?p=126924\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Schlossberg welcomes PA Supreme Court health care decision<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":106890,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[69,482],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-126924","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-in-the-valley","category-press-release-2"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"acf":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/schlossberg-mike-rep.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/126924"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=126924"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/126924\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/106890"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=126924"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=126924"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=126924"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}