PHILADELPHIA — A trio of progressive Philadelphia City Council members will introduce a package of abortion-related bills this week that would strengthen privacy rules and make it harder for patients and doctors to face trouble under laws passed by other states.
One bill would restrict providers from volunteering information to other states about people who seek abortion care, and another would update the city’s laws to bar employers from discriminating against workers based on reproductive health care decisions.
The effort follows the U.S. Supreme Court’s June decision overturning Roe v. Wade and ending the federal right to an abortion, which was ostensibly to return control of abortion regulations to the states.
