Amal Bass

November 19, 2021 | The Legal Intelligencer

Currently, there are several anti-abortion bills pending, including a six-week abortion ban (HB904/SB378), a "reason ban" that prohibits abortion when there is a diagnosis or a belief that a fetus has Down syndrome (HB1500/SB21), and a fetal/embryonic burial bill that promotes the belief that life begins at conception (HB118).

By Amal Bass

6 minute read

October 16, 2020 | The Legal Intelligencer

Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg's final dissent criticized the majority's decision in Little Sisters of the Poor Saints Peter and Paul Home v. Pennsylvania, 140 S. Ct. 2367, which upheld the Trump administration's broad religious and moral exemptions for private employers who object to providing contraceptive coverage in group health plans.

By Amal Bass

6 minute read

March 26, 2016 | The Legal Intelligencer

Despite their general lack of medical expertise, legislators across the country have enacted laws that force medical providers to give patients medically inaccurate information and to perform medically unnecessary tests and procedures. Legislators have also enacted laws that limit what medical providers are able to ask or say to their patients. Now, the Patient Trust Act, a bill pending in the Pennsylvania General Assembly and supported by the Philadelphia Bar Association, offers relief for medical providers and their patients. If passed, it would be an important step toward stopping lawmakers from interfering in the doctor-patient relationship.

By Amal Bass

11 minute read

January 26, 2015 | The Legal Intelligencer

Just over a year ago, the bipartisan Women's Health Caucus of the Pennsylvania Legislature initiated the Pennsylvania Agenda for Women's Health, an ongoing, pro-choice campaign that addresses women's equality, safety and economic stability. This ambitious initiative is led by Women's Health Caucus co-chairs state Rep. Dan Frankel, D-Allegheny, and Sens. Judy Schwank, D-Berks, and Chuck McIlhinney, R-Bucks. Its inclusive definition of women's health recognizes that women and their families cannot be healthy if they are financially insecure, physically unsafe, or otherwise subjected to gender bias and discrimination.

By Amal Bass

7 minute read

January 23, 2015 | The Legal Intelligencer

Just over a year ago, the bipartisan Women's Health Caucus of the Pennsylvania Legislature initiated the Pennsylvania Agenda for Women's Health, an ongoing, pro-choice campaign that addresses women's equality, safety and economic stability. This ambitious initiative is led by Women's Health Caucus co-chairs state Rep. Dan Frankel, D-Allegheny, and Sens. Judy Schwank, D-Berks, and Chuck McIlhinney, R-Bucks. Its inclusive definition of women's health recognizes that women and their families cannot be healthy if they are financially insecure, physically unsafe, or otherwise subjected to gender bias and discrimination.

By Amal Bass

7 minute read

October 28, 2013 | The Legal Intelligencer

Most pregnant women are able to perform their jobs without needing any modifications in the workplace. Others, however, are able to perform the essential functions of their jobs, but need reasonable accommodations.

By Amal Bass

5 minute read

July 23, 2012 | The Legal Intelligencer

On June 28, the U.S. Supreme Court rendered a historic decision that will assure vastly improved access to health care for Americans.

By Carol E. Tracy, Terry L. Fromson and Amal Bass

6 minute read