Pennsylvania is in the middle of a new fight over the future of abortion, and it’s all about the state constitution.
It began months before the U.S. Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade, declaring that states are the proper battleground over abortion rights.
It exploded into public consciousness Friday, when the Republican-controlled legislature advanced a proposed constitutional amendment that would explicitly state the document doesn’t guarantee any abortion-related rights. That move followed an earlier push by abortion providers for the state Supreme Court to recognize the right to abortion as constitutionally protected.
