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Pa. Commw. · April 20, 2026 · Wolf. Wojcik. McCullough. Wallace

Pennsylvania Strikes Down Medicaid Abortion Funding Ban as Unconstitutional Sex Discrimination, Recognizes Reproductive Autonomy as Fundamental Right

A divided Pennsylvania Commonwealth Court held that the state's near-total exclusion of abortion from Medicaid coverage violates both the state Equal Rights Amendment and the state constitution's equal protection guarantees, permanently enjoining enforcemen...