Press Releases
Marijuana Legalization for Retail Recreational Sales Would Harm More Families and Damage More Communities
Capitol press conference highlights various costs of non-medical legalization (recreational use) - full video below. (HARRISBURG, PA - March 20, 2024) Today, a group of state lawmakers and coalition leaders held a press conference to highlight the many harms of Gov....
New Organization Unites Pregnancy Medical Clinics and Resource Centers in PA to Help Achieve Optimal Maternal and Child Health
Pennsylvania Pregnancy Wellness Collaborative (PPWC) is a unifying voice for pregnancy resource centers in Pennsylvania https://youtu.be/aJktcU_SySc (HARRISBURG, PA - March 19, 2024) Today, directors of pregnancy medical clinics and resource centers in PA...
Governor Shapiro’s Call for Marijuana Legalization Will Harm Pennsylvania Children and Communities
(HARRISBURG, PA - February 6, 2024) Today, Governor Josh Shapiro called for full-blown legalization of marijuana for recreational use as part of his budget address, putting the addiction-for-profit marijuana industry above the health and well-being of Pennsylvania...
Court Case Continues in Abortion Industry’s Push For Taxpayer Funding of Abortion
No “fundamental right” to abortion found by majority, yet three PA Supreme Court Justices overrule long-standing precedent prohibiting taxpayer funding of elective abortions; Two Justices dissented (Mundy and Todd), showing support for that precedent. (HARRISBURG, PA...
Shapiro Announces More Taxpayer Funding for Abortion Businesses Using ‘Alternatives to Abortion’ Funds
Having canceled the contract with Real Alternatives, Gov. Shapiro now sends “alternatives to abortion” designated funding to organizations that promote and fund abortion facilities. (HARRISBURG, PA - January 24, 2024) Gov. Josh Shapiro’s unilateral decision to...
No More Gosnells: Stop the Abortion Industry’s Push to Remove Safety Regulations
Planned Parenthood puts profits over safety by calling for the removal of bipartisan health and safety regulations passed in 2011 that help ensure we never have another Kermit Gosnell horror. (HARRISBURG, PA - January 22, 2024) Today, Pennsylvania pro-abortion...
Complications from abortion in PA have tripled in the last five years, new report shows.
As we start the new year, the Pennsylvania Department of Health has released their annual report on abortion and, once again, it shows more abortions, more complications from abortion, and more problems that Pennsylvania needs to correct. In 2022, there were 34,838...
PA Family’s Top 10 Wins in 2023
By God’s grace, the prayers and engagement of many Pennsylvanians has helped to accomplish much this past year through PA Family. There really are small victories daily, and the impact of our work often comes without headlines. But there were many wins to report this...
Victory for Joy El Ministries Ends Government Interference With Gospel-Centered Program to Public School Students
Independence Law Center praises today’s ruling, freeing religious ministries in Pennsylvania to carry out their mission. (HARRISBURG, PA – December 18, 2023) Today, in a 4-3 decision in CBM Ministries v. DOT, the Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania...
Half of PA Abortion Facilities Failed a Health Inspection in 2023
Where are the fines or penalties - and complaint forms - on abortion facilities with all of these repeated and significant infractions? (HARRISBURG, PA) In 2023, the majority of women who had an elective abortion in Pennsylvania did so at a facility that failed at...
