After a protracted battle appeared to be settled over a proposed 10-story apartment building in Pittsburgh’s Shadyside neighborhood, another barrier has been put up by a neighborhood resident. Last month, Lania Rubio of Shadyside appealed a March Pittsburgh zoning board ruling in Allegheny County Common Pleas Court. She is asking
Motivated by the recent U.S. Supreme Court decision overturning Roe v. Wade, Democrats will be rallying in Harrison and Arnold over the next two days. • A picnic-style family event is scheduled for 5 to 8 p.m. Thursday at the Wake Robin pavilion in Harrison Hills Park. • A “Vote
Although anticipated for months, the announcement that Roe v. Wade will no longer protect the right to abortion has set off shockwaves around the nation and here in Pittsburgh. Read on to see how politicians and the community are responding.
Chants of “My body, my choice,” “Stand up, fight back,” “Vote” and “Free, safe and legal” rang out through Downtown Pittsburgh Friday evening as several hundred people took to the streets to protest the Supreme Court’s reversal of Roe v. Wade. The court’s 6-3 ruling puts the abortion issue back
Jeanne K.C. Clark can remember a time when women were forced to resort to drastic measures before the 1973 Supreme Court ruling of Roe v. Wade gave them a constitutional right to abortion. “Women had to travel,” said Clark, of Shadyside. “There were doctors who did abortions, some of them