Daily News | How a proposed change to the Pa. constitution could reshape the the future of abortion
will now get to decide when abortion is allowed. Future legal battles will focus on over whether states violate their own constitutions when regulating abortion.that “nothing in this Constitution grants or secures any right relating to abortion” or to taxpayer funding for an abortion.the constitution saying
that “the policy of Pennsylvania is to protect the life of every unborn child from conception to birth.”constitutional amendment was prompted by a lawsuit filed by abortion advocates, who have asked state courts to strike down Pennsylvania’s ban on the use of Medicaid funds for most abortions. The suit also seeks to affirm a right to an abortion in the Pennsylvania constitution. It is currently pending a hearing in the state’s Supreme Court.overturned, there is no federal check on what states decide to do regarding abortion, explained Kimberly Mutcherson, co-dean and professor of law at Rutgers University.
It is up to state courts to decide what abortion laws each state’s constitution allows. “They are the most important thing,” she said.amendment would not change Pennsylvania’s abortion laws, which currently allow abortion up to 24 weeks of pregnancy.ensure that decisions about abortion are left to the state legislature and not the courts, according to Ward’s office.
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