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State House will vote on so-called "Trojan horse" abortion bill next week
According to women's health advocates, the bill could raise the cost of abortions by $1,000 each and likely shut down all 22 clinics in the state.
State House will vote on so-called "Trojan horse" abortion bill next week
This just in: Next week, the state House will vote on Rep. Matt Baker's proposed bill regulating abortion clinics — a bill that some women's health advocates have called an anti-abortion "Trojan horse."
According to the American Civil Liberties Union, the Women's Law Project, the Planned Parenthood Pennsylvania Advocates and others, the bill would impose unncessary regulations on clinics — which, they say, could raise the cost of abortions by $1,000 each and likely shut down all 22 clinics in the state.
Baker, however, defends his bill, saying it "will provide the highest possible level of health care and safety for women." It passed out of committee last month.
You can read more about the legislation in a longer article by City Paper here.
Baker's office says a specific date and time for next week's vote have not been set.
In related news, a similar bill by state Sen. Pat Vance — which women's health advocates have called "way better" than Baker's legislation — will go up for vote in the Senate health committee tomorrow. (A few additional bills regulating abortion clinics have been proposed in the Senate.)
Vance's office says her bill has been amended, but won't be posting the amendment online until tomorrow morning.
Why does that matter? Last month, Baker told CP that Sen. Bob Mensch was thinking about penning an amendment that would make the proposed Senate bills look more like Baker's.
Mensch did not respond to requests for comment, however.
CP will post more as it comes.
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