Abortion Access and Medicaid in PA

Join us in partnership with Women's Law Project on October 15th at 6:30PM to take action for reproductive freedom by learning about abortion access in PA and WLP's fight to overturn the state ban on use of Medicaid to cover abortions! 

We will be welcoming WLP staff attorney Elizabeth Lester-Abdalla to speak about WLP's fight to overturn the ban on using state Medicaid funds on abortion in Allegheny Reproductive Health Center v. Pennsylvania Department of Human Services. Attendees will have chance to talk with Lester-Abdalla about the case and other issues of in PA.

When you RSVP, we will send you an email with information about how to join the event. The information will also be available on this page. This invitation is non-transferable. For safety, please do not share the location information. If you would like to invite friends, they must RSVP themselves.

Speaker Bio

Elizabeth Lester-Abdalla (she/her) is a Staff Attorney at Women’s Law Project. Elizabeth focuses on access to reproductive healthcare, workplace equity and discrimination, and LGBTQ+ equality. As part of that work, she argued before the Commonwealth Court in WLP’s challenge to the state ban on Medicaid funding, and she is co-leading the first complaint filed against a hospital system for denying gender-affirming care to minors under the Trump Administration. Prior to joining WLP, Lester-Abdalla worked in the Impact Litigation Section of the Pennsylvania Office of Attorney General where she represented the Commonwealth in affirmative litigation and policy issues of statewide importance including access to contraception, Title IX discrimination, election protection, gun industry liability, and mental health parity. Elizabeth earned her J.D. from William & Mary Law School and her B.A. in History and Religious Studies from Duke University.