Democrats keep Pennsylvania House majority, positioning party to prevent limits on abortion rights

[Tennessee Hillbilly]

Source: AP News

HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Democrats maintained their narrow Pennsylvania House majority Tuesday by winning a special election and along with it continued control over how the chamber will handle abortion, gun rights and election law legislation.

Heather Boyd won a seat in the Philadelphia suburbs, beating Republican Katie Ford for a vacancy created by the resignation of Democratic Rep. Mike Zabel. Zabel quit the Legislature in March, shortly after a lobbyist accused him of sexually harassing her.
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The Democrats’ victory in the Delaware County district means first-term Democratic Gov. Josh Shapiro will have at least one chamber to aid his agenda going into the final month of budget negotiations. The result could also affect a proposed constitutional amendment limiting abortion rights that legislative Republicans are one House floor vote away from putting before voters as a referendum.


Read more: https://apnews.com/article/pennsylvania-election-legislature-politics-campaign-fe4d515358ba45a9f83283afac3c8fe0

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1. For the first time in a dozen years

actual relevant legislation is being discussed in state House Committees and although much of it might never make it through the GOP-controlled state Senate, the outlines of future legislation, along with informative testimony, can be accomplished. And it keeps the GOP from using amendments to the state Constitution to end-run around a Democratic governor so they can codify radical RW loon crap.

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2. America, where the basic human right to bodily autonomy changes from state to state.

And the states that take it away do so based on religion.

Yay, Democrats won, but it should not have to be this way.

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3. Phew. And yes Roe v Wade Should Still Be The Law!

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