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Pittsburgh City Council urges governor to affirm protection of gender‑affirming care in Pennsylvania
Summary
Council adopted a will-of-council asking Governor Josh Shapiro to publicly affirm that gender‑affirming care is evidence-based health care protected under Pennsylvania law and to ensure Medicaid/CHIP access and protections for providers.
PITTSBURGH — Pittsburgh City Council on June 24 adopted a will-of-council asking Governor Josh Shapiro to affirm that gender-affirming care is “evidence-based health care” and remains protected under Pennsylvania law, and to take steps to preserve access to care through public programs and to protect providers from federal intimidation, the resolution says.
The will of council text, read into the record during the meeting, frames access to evidence-based health care as a matter of bodily autonomy and cites major U.S. medical associations’ endorsement of gender-affirming care…
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