Navigating a Post-Roe Pennsylvania: Providers
Policy Committee August 11, 2022
PITTSBURGH, Aug. 11 – Despite the fact that abortion remains legal and safe in Pennsylvania, testifiers explained the health care difficulties and issues now starting to emerge across Pennsylvania as a result of the U.S. Supreme Court’s Dobbs decision during a joint hearing involving the PA House and Senate Democratic Policy committees at Chatham University Thursday. It was the third installment of the joint Democratic Policy Committee's hearings on this topic. ![](https://pahouse.com/imageHandler/none/500/315/62b64101-8403-ed11-af87-f0854e58e1b7)
Host + Testifiers
- Hosts: Rep. Dan Frankel (D-Allegheny)
- Testifiers:
- Dr. Sheila Ramgopal, MD, MA, FACOG, CEO, Allegheny Reproductive Health Center
- Sydney Etheredge, MPH, President/CEO, Planned Parenthood of Western PA
- Nicole Molinaro, MA, President/CEO, Women’s Center and Shelter of Greater Pittsburgh
- Sue Frietsche, Founder/Director, Western PA Women’s Law Project
- Dr. Marian Jarlenski, PhD, MPH, Assoc. Professor of Health Policy and Management, Associate Director of the Center for Innovative Research on Gender Health Equity University of Pittsburgh School of Public Health
- La'Tasha D. Mayes, MSPPM, Founder, New Voices for Reproductive Justice
Agenda + Testimony
Media Release + News Coverage
Video + Photos