Commonwealth Court rules the state constitution includes a fundamental right to abortion | News From The States

posted by Kristi Wachter on May 9, 2026

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(*This article was updated at 8:38 p.m., April 20, 2026, to include a response from State Treasurer Stacy Garrity, the presumptive Republican nominee for governor. It also corrected the spelling of Susan Frietsche’s name.) Pennsylvania’s Constitution grants the fundamental right to reproductive autonomy, a state court ruled Monday in a long running challenge to the commonwealth’s ban on Medicaid subsidies for abortion.

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Pennsylvania’s Constitution grants the fundamental right to reproductive autonomy, a state court ruled Monday in a long running challenge to the commonwealth’s ban on Medicaid subsidies for abortion.

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