Navigating a Post-Roe Pennsylvania

Policy Committee    July 27, 2022 | 1:54 PM

PHILADELPHIA, JULY 26– The House and Senate Democratic Policy Committees continued a series of hearings Tuesday to further discuss the impacts of the Supreme Court overturning Roe v. Wade, and what the future of reproductive healthcare looks like in Pennsylvania. Tuesday’s hearing featured testimony from medical professionals and reproductive healthcare advocates. Much of the discussion focused on how lawmakers can help not only sustain abortion access in Pennsylvania, but expand access as well.

This hearing was held on Tuesday, July 26th from 2 p.m.- 4p.m. at the William Way Center in Philadelphia. 

Host + Testifiers

• Hosts: Rep. Morgan Cephas (D-Philadelphia), Members of the Women's Health Caucus
• Testifiers:
  • Dr. Aasta Mehta, MD, MPP, OB/GYN, Medical Officer of Women’s Health, Philadelphia Department of Public Health
  • Céshia Elmore, Community Organizer, New Voices for Reproductive Justice
  • Signe Espinoza, Executive Director, Planned Parenthood Pennsylvania Advocates
  • Dr. Sarah Gutman, MD, MSPH, OB/GYN and Complex Family Medicine Specialist, UPenn Medicine

Agenda + Testimony

• Hearing agenda and list of participants: A Post-Roe Pennsylvania

Media Release + News Coverage

• Policy hearing continues discussion of navigating post-Roe Pennsylvania, July 26, 2022
• Pennsylvania Capital-Star, In Philly, maternal mortality, health care inequities take center stage at abortion access hearing, July 26, 2022

Video + Photos

• Click here to view photos from this hearing
• Click here to view the hearing in its entirety