(File Photo: Source for Photo: FILE – Adrienne Daily, center, and her daughter, Kierson Daily, raise their fists in protests during a rally against the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision to overturn Roe v. Wade, June 24, 2022, in Pittsburgh. Democrats in Pennsylvania will try to resurrect the voter energy behind protecting abortion rights that helped them win critical openings for governor and U.S. Senate in 2022 as they try to now protect their state Supreme Court majority in the presidential battleground. (Steve Mellon/Pittsburgh Post-Gazette via AP, File)

(Reported by Danielle Smith of Keystone News Service)

(Harrisburg, PA) President-elect Donald Trump’s second term has some Pennsylvania health care providers and legal experts voicing concern about potential changes to abortion and reproductive healthcare access. Abortion remains legal in Pennsylvania through 23 weeks, with an executive order in place to protect people seeking this reproductive healthcare. Signe Espinoza with Planned Parenthood Pennsylvania says the presidential election results don’t change their work. She notes they are organizing events and forums and engaging with lawmakers, as the group sees a pressing need to advocate for sexual and reproductive health care. Espinoza says when ‘Roe vs. Wade’ was intact, the state had over one-hundred and forty-five providers. Today, there are only seventeen. This month, U.S. House Speaker Mike Johnson of Louisiana expressed his desire to cut government funding for Planned Parenthood, acknowledging potential resistance from Congress.