Should Democrat Governor Josh Shapiro’s proposals be enacted, some pregnant women in Pennsylvania may find themselves homeless this winter.
Shapiro has threatened to cancel the contract of Real Alternatives, which oversees Pennsylvania’s award-winning pregnancy and parenting support services programme. In addition to providing financial support to pregnancy resource centres and adoption agencies, the programme also funds maternity homes, which provide a refuge from homelessness for a number of women in Pennsylvania.
The current situation could be entirely avoidable if the Governor were to extend a new contract to Real Alternatives. By denying state funding to the organisation, the Governor is effectively denying pregnant women access to vital services that they require.
The programme has provided assistance to more than 350,000 women over its 27-year history. Indeed, the programme has become a model for the rest of the nation and has enjoyed bipartisan support over the years.
The legislature voted to provide an additional two million dollars to the program, bringing the total funding to more than eight million dollars. However, in a strategy that could be described as a bait-and-switch, the Governor announced his intention to use the additional funding to support an entirely different programme. It remains unclear whether the Governor’s threatened action to terminate the programme is constitutionally sound.
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With the election of Donald Trump to the U.S. presidency, Daniel Miller developed a deep obsession with U.S. politics that has never let go of the political scientist. Whether it's the election of Joe Biden, the midterm elections in Congress, the abortion rights debate in the Supreme Court or the mudslinging in the primaries - Daniel Miller is happy to stay up late for you.
Daniel was born and raised in New York. After living in China, working for a news agency and another stint at a major news network, he now lives in Arizona with his two daughters.
