Amid a maternal mortality crisis & the pandemic, the GOP Health Comm is kicking off a new session prioritizing ... abortion bans.

Starting soon #StopPABans #AbortionIsHealthcare https://twitter.com/PPAdvocatesPA/status/1380140249939128325

Three of the PA GOP lawmakers on the House Health Committee at the hearing today are prime sponsors of the anti-trans youth bill introduced Monday: Keefer, Gaydos, Borowicz #StopPABans https://www.womenslawproject.org/2021/04/02/legislative-attack-on-transgender-children-coming-to-pa/

Radical anti-abortion activists are often anti-LGBTQ+ bc the struggle for reproductive freedom & LGBTQ+ liberation are the shared struggle against the state's efforts to surveil & control perceived deviations from "traditional" gender roles #StopPABans

The hearing is in person at the PA Capitol amid a pandemic presided by majority chair Rep. Kathy Rapp #StopPABans #MaskUp

While anti-abortion lawmakers spend your money on hearings to restrict healthcare access amid a pandemic, they have so far ignored PA's maternal mortality crisis #StopPABans https://www.phila.gov/media/20180418095805/MMR-2010-12-Report-final-060115.pdf

The new maternal mortality report shows maternal mortality - meaning, preventable deaths of birthing people - skyrocketed 21.4% in Pennsylvania between 2013-2018 #StopPABans

. @RepCephas notes PA has gone from 145 abortion providers in the mid-1970s to 17 facilities now. This is the current landscape of abortion providers in Pennsylvania

As we discuss inspections of medically regulated abortion clinics, no word on inspections of crisis pregnancy centers promoting rogue experimentation on vulnerable pregnant people in defiance of medical standards #StopPABans

Rep. Dawn Keefer speaks in a room with colleagues at "pro-life hearings" amid a pandemic. 25,342 Pennsylvanians have died of COVID-19 #StopPABans #MaskUp

Rep. Owlett, member of the PA House Health Committee, speaks in a room with colleagues amid a pandemic. 25,342 Pennsylvanians have died of COVID-19 #StopPABans

Rep. Lewis, member of the PA House Health Committee, speaks in a room with colleagues amid a pandemic. 25,342 Pennsylvanians have died of COVID-19 #StopPABans https://www.legis.state.pa.us/cfdocs/legis/home/member_information/house_bio.cfm?id=1843

Rep. Klunk is concerned about youth accessing abortion, which is regulated in PA via 1237 pages of statutes. Yet, CPCs in PA are promoting injecting ppl w/ hormones in an unregulated experiment. #StopPABans #MaskUp

Rep. Roae spreading misinformation about abortion care in Pennsylvania #StopPABans https://www.legis.state.pa.us/cfdocs/legis/home/member_information/house_bio.cfm?id=1083

Thank you @RepDanFrankel for bringing clarifying facts to this discussion #StopPABans #AbortionIsHealthcare

Rep. Rapp is falsely attributing reduction in abortion numbers to CPCs. Zero publicly funded CPCs in PA provide prenatal care. 40% promote experimenting on vulnerable pregnant people, however #StopPABans

"There is absolutely a direct correlation to decreasing access to contraception & abortion care and rising maternal deaths & maternal morbidity" - Dr. Beck #StopPABans #AbortionIsHealthcare

Rapp called for hearings on abortion statistics, but not maternal mortality statistics, despite the most recent report showing 21.4% increase in 5 years. TY @RepCephas for working to reduce maternal mortality in Pennsylvania #StopPABans

"It is blatantly easy to see the direct rise in maternal mortality as you decrease access to freestanding abortion clinics & Planned Parenthood" - Dr. Beck #StopPABans

Rep. Schemel asked about reason abortion bans. Schemel voted to end General Assistance, the safety-net program for people with disabilities (as did every majority member of the Health Committee in office at the time) #StopPABans https://www.legis.state.pa.us/CFDOCS/Legis/RC/Public/rc_view_action2.cfm?sess_yr=2019&sess_ind=0&rc_body=H&rc_nbr=505