Pennsylvania Senate Bill 3 would criminalize abortion in cases where the fetus is older than 20 or 24 weeks. There are other provisions in the bill as well providing exceptions, additional requirements, criminalization of a specific type of abortion (at any gestational age), and additional reporting requirements.

It is a bit hard to tell which way it will go now. The bill is before the Judiciary committee today and both numbers are in the bill online. I think that means that one number is current law and the other is in the bill.

The full text of the bill is available here:
http://www.legis.state.pa.us/cfdocs/legis/PN/Public/btCheck.cfm?txtType=PDF&sessYr=2017&sessInd=0&billBody=S&billTyp=B&billNbr=0003&pn=0283

I’m thinking that most of you will have an opinion on this bill. Please make your voice heard by contacting your state legislators. If you are in Pennsylvania you can express your opinion on this bill. If you are in another state, you might want to let your legislators know if you would support or oppose something similar in your state.

I was thinking that those of us who have been busy expressing opinions about national issues may be paying enough attention to state issues which are also of importance.

This post has been updated.