State Supreme Judge Backs State Funded Abortions Block
Pennsylvania Supreme Court Justice Roy Wilkinson Jr refused to reverse a lower court order blocking the 1980 state law banning most state funded abortions. The decision allows poor women to continue to obtain state paid abortions for health reasons after the law was to take effect.
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Pennsylvania
Supreme Court
Roy Wilkinson Jr
Judge Says State May Not Cut Abortion Funding
Lawyers for both sides pressed for a quick Supreme Court ruling on the constitutionality of a law banning state funds for abortion except in rape, incest, or life threats. Chief Justice O'Brien set an October hearing as Commonwealth Court may decide before then, while a federal judge blocked the measure for improper notice to welfare recipients.
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Garden State Racetrack comeback debated in N J
A southern New Jersey sports agency bill would build a convention center and rebuild Garden State Racetrack in Cherry Hill. The plan aims to create 2500 jobs and keep state costs low, with amendments urged before passage.
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UPI
New Jersey
Garden State Racetrack
Richard Codey
D-Essex
Assembly State Govern
Ment Committee
Walter Rand
D-Camden
Southern
Codey
Rand
Cherry Hill
Maria Greenwald
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