Fischer v. Department of Public Welfare

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• concluding that funding restrictions do not violate Pennsylvania’s equal rights amendment
• recognizing as starting point for analysis, that Roe established the right to an abortion
• observing, in dicta, that sister states with ERAs permit differential treatment reasonably and genuinely based on physical characteristics unique to one sex
• using rational basis analysis to rule no violation under equal protection, nondiscrimination, or equal rights amendment of Pennsylvania Constitution
• funding restrictions do not violate equal protection and non-discrimination guarantees or Equal Rights Amendment of Pennsylvania constitution
• funding restrictions do not violate equal protection and non-discrimination guarantees or Equal Rights Amendment of Pennsylvania constitution

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