HARRISBURG – Attorney General Josh Shapiro is taking another step to defend women’s reproductive rights by entering Pennsylvania into a multi-state effort to protect access to safe and legal abortion care.
HARRISBURG—Attorney General Josh Shapiro today filed an amicus brief in a coalition of 16 attorneys general supporting women’s access to safe reproductive health care. The coalition filed the brief in Whole Woman’s Health Alliance v. Hill, which is currently pending in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit. The attorneys general argue that, by preventing Whole Woman’s Health Alliance (WWHA) from opening a medication abortion clinic in South Bend, Indiana, state officials are placing an undue burden on women’s ability to access reproductive health care services.
HARRISBURG―Attorney General Shapiro today announced that his Office will present oral arguments telephonically to the United States Supreme Court on May 6, 2020, to continue to protect women’s right to access birth control under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act.
HARRISBURG — Following a lawsuit filed by Pennsylvania Attorney General Josh Shapiro, joined by New Jersey Attorney General Gurbir Grewal, a U.S. District Court Judge today issued a nationwide injunction blocking President Donald J. Trump and the Trump Administration from implementing new religious and moral exemption rules that would allow virtually any company to deny women health insurance coverage for no-cost contraception.
HARRISBURG — At the Sara Lindemuth/Anna Carter Primary School in Harrisburg today, Attorney General Josh Shapiro announced a partnership with Sandy Hook Promise to roll out and operate the Safe2Say Something Anonymous Reporting System for every school across the Commonwealth. The new school-safety reporting system will enable students, teachers, school administrators and others to learn how to detect and report potential threats of violence and other problems before they occur.
HARRISBURG — Attorney General Josh Shapiro filed an amicus brief on behalf of a coalition of 17 Attorneys General to support a lawsuit by Massachusetts challenging the Trump administration’s decision to roll back a requirement under the Affordable Care Act that employers include contraceptive coverage for women in their health insurance plans.
HARRISBURG — Pennsylvania Attorney General Josh Shapiro announced today that his office filed an amended lawsuit against President Donald Trump and the Trump Administration challenging the federal government’s final religious and moral exemption rules limiting mandated contraceptive care. Attorney General Shapiro also announced that New Jersey and its Attorney General Gurbir Grewal joined Pennsylvania in filing the amended lawsuit. The government’s final rules are set to take effect in January 2019.
George T. Bottomley Jr. was charged with propositioning at least seven women for sex as he acted in his official capacity HARRISBURG — Attorney General Josh Shapiro today announced the arrest of a suspended Pennsylvania state constable accused of abusing his official authority by soliciting at least seven women for sex. George T. Bottomley Jr., […]
HARRISBURG — Pennsylvania Attorney General Josh Shapiro announced today that a coalition of 21 state Attorneys General have filed an amicus brief in the Eastern District of Pennsylvania in support of a lawsuit brought by the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and the State of New Jersey asking the courts to stop the Trump Administration from rolling back the Affordable Care Act’s requirement that employers provide contraceptive care coverage in their health insurance plans.
HARRISBURG–Attorney General Josh Shapiro today announced that Kevin Mullen of Centre County has pleaded guilty to charges related to the rape and sexual assault of six women over a nine-year period.
Harrisburg — “Today, Pennsylvania won a nationwide injunction from Federal Judge Wendy Beetlestone stopping President Trump’s order that eliminated women’s guaranteed access to contraceptive care under the Affordable Care Act,” Attorney General Shapiro said.
HARRISBURG — Attorney General Josh Shapiro today announced criminal charges against a dozen people accused of taking part in a major organized crime ring that fraudulently obtained more than a thousand Pennsylvania license plates and used them to fuel a massive criminal enterprise involving automobiles in multiple states. By illegally renting the license plates in […]
HARRISBURG–Attorney General Michelle Henry today announced the filing of criminal charges against Joseph “Jay” Pulizzi for operating a human trafficking operation across Cumberland, Dauphin, Perry, and York counties.
HARRISBURG — Two men who coerced six victims into prostitution with the false promise of easy money and then used drugs, violence and threats to control them have been arrested for human trafficking. Attorney General Josh Shapiro’s office worked closely with the Pennsylvania State Police and other law enforcement agencies to build the prostitution and trafficking […]
HARRISBURG — Attorney General Michelle Henry announced the filing of a lawsuit against Vantage Travel Services, Inc., and its founder, for alleged violations of the Unfair Trade Practices and Consumer Protection Law resulting in consumer losses of thousands of dollars.
HARRISBURG—Attorney General Michelle Henry announced the filing of additional charges against John “Herm” Suplizio, the DuBois City Manager previously charged with stealing hundreds of thousands of dollars of public funds for personal expenses.
Attorney General Josh Shapiro:“If you sell drugs and someone dies as a result, you’re facing a felony and jail.” HARRISBURG — Attorney General Josh Shapiro today announced felony charges against two women in Clarion County for their roles in delivering fentanyl to a man who died of a fentanyl overdose. The defendants were charged with […]
HARRISBURG–Attorney General Michelle Henry announced today that an Armstrong County man was convicted of multiple sexual offenses and domestic violence crimes against three young women between the ages of 16 and 20. A jury returned guilty verdicts against 25-year-old Zachary Baum, following a week-long trial in Armstrong County Court. Baum was convicted of involuntary deviate sexual […]
HARRISBURG — Attorney General Michelle Henry announced that an Armstrong County man was sentenced to 9 to 25 years in prison for sexual offenses and assaults against three young women between the ages of 16 and 20.
HARRISBURG – Today, Attorney General Josh Shapiro and Acting Consumer Advocate Patrick Cicero urged Pennsylvanians struggling to pay their utility bills to use available programs that can provide relief. They also called on the Pennsylvania Department of Human Services to use unspent funds for an extension of the annual LIHEAP (Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program) Crisis Season.
HARRISBURG — Attorney General Josh Shapiro yesterday called on the U.S. Department of Education to immediately discharge the student loans of eligible borrowers who attended schools that abruptly shut down before they could complete their degrees. Many of those schools were predatory, for-profit colleges.
AG Shapiro is releasing the statement below following The Supreme Court’s decision in PA v. Trump, a case focused on broad exemptions allowing employers to dictate women’s access to contraception. The rules set forth by the Trump Administration will be remanded to the lower courts for a decision on their arbitrary and capricious nature.
HARRISBURG – Acting Attorney General Michelle Henry announced that the Pennsylvania Office of Attorney General has entered into a settlement agreement with Eagle Disposal of PA, Inc., for alleged violations of Pennsylvania’s Unfair Trade Practice and Consumer Protection Law. Eagle Disposal is a waste management company that offers both commercial and residential services including garbage and recycling collection. According to the investigation, in 2021 Eagle failed to collect trash and/or recycling from over 1,800 residential subscription customers for multiple weeks at a time.
HARRISBURG — Attorney General Josh Shapiro announced that two of five family members involved in the operation of a cocaine ring in Clearfield County have been sentenced to jail terms for their crimes.
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PHILADELPHIA— Attorney General Josh Shapiro today announced that the Office of Attorney General is providing Operation LIPSTICK with a $123,000 grant. With this grant, Operation LIPSTICK will partner with Mothers in Charge to implement outreach initiatives for women in the Philadelphia area to educate them about the dangers of straw purchases.
“The Dobbs decision will go down as a shameful moment for our country and for the Court. Today, five Supreme Court Justices upended fifty years of settled law and subjected the health and private lives of millions of American women to the whims of politicians.
PHILADELPHIA — Attorney General Josh Shapiro today sued President Donald J. Trump and the Trump Administration for issuing new rules that allow virtually any company to deny women insurance coverage for basic, medically-necessary contraception. According to the lawsuit filed today in the United States District Court in Philadelphia, the rules issued by the Trump Administration […]
HARRISBURG, PA — On behalf of all Pennsylvanians, Attorney General Josh Shapiro and Governor Tom Wolf have filed formal, legal comments opposing a proposed rule issued by the Trump Administration’s Department of Health and Human Services, which would deny women, men and families across Pennsylvania and the country access to comprehensive family planning services in direct conflict with guidance from their doctors.
HARRISBURG―Pennsylvania Attorney General Josh Shapiro today announced that Barry Schiff was sentenced to 55-141 years in prison on charges of human trafficking and related offenses. “Schiff deliberately chose vulnerable victims—women and girls who were marginalized members of their communities– and sexually, physically, and emotionally abused them. These women and girls endured dehumanizing exploitation by countless […]
