Press Releases
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...
New State Website Targets PA Pregnancy Centers in Latest Attempt By Shapiro Administration To Shut Them Down
(HARRISBURG, PA) One of the first actions from the Shapiro administration after the Thanksgiving holiday was to once again attack the life-affirming work of pregnancy resource centers in Pennsylvania, using tax dollars to set up an online complaint form specifically...
Harmful Impacts of Marijuana Legalization Highlighted in PA State Capitol Press Conference
Existing science and evidence show that Pennsylvania families - particularly children and young adults - would face significant negative costs from legalizing the retail sale of marijuana for non-medical use. (HARRISBURG, PA - November 1, 2023) Today, in a State...
Freedoms threatened by bills passed today in PA House
(HARRISBURG, PA) The following statement can be attributed to Michael Geer, President of the Pennsylvania Family Institute, in response to several bills that passed from the floor of the PA House of Representatives today that would have a chilling effect on individual...
