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RandySF

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Mon Oct 20, 2025, 08:43 PM Oct 2025

Why abortion is front and center in Democrats' messaging on Pa. judicial retention

HARRISBURG — Several groups hoping to keep Democrats in the majority on Pennsylvania’s Supreme Court are focusing their messaging on abortion in the lead-up to November’s critical retention elections.

Collectively, they’ve spent millions of dollars to urge voters to give three justices more years on the bench.

Following the U.S. Supreme Court overturning Roe v. Wade, abortion hasn't dominated lawmaking in Pennsylvania. The governor is a Democrat who supports abortion access, and the party also controls the state House. For now, abortion remains legal in the commonwealth through 23 weeks of pregnancy.

Elsewhere, state governments have moved to dramatically restrict the practice.


https://www.spotlightpa.org/news/2025/10/retention-election-abortion-advertising-supreme-court-pennsylvania-elections/

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