Pa.’s attorney general is defending the state’s Medicaid abortion ban in court. Is he required to?

RileyJuly 30, 2026

When Dave Sunday became Pennsylvania’s attorney general in 2025, a complicated situation awaited him.

Two weeks after the Republican’s January swearing-in, judges on Commonwealth Court assembled in Pittsburgh to hear oral arguments about the constitutionality of the state’s ban on Medicaid-funded abortions.

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By Riley