HARRISBURG, Pa.—Chanting “We’ve had enough!” 250 supporters of women’s right to choose abortion rallied in the rotunda of the state capitol building here September 27. Sponsored by Pennsylvanians for Choice, the rally opposed pending legislation that would place additional onerous restrictions on providers by requiring clinics to be licensed for outpatient surgery and banning state-run insurance from covering abortion procedures. So far this year there have been 61 major abortion-restricting laws passed by U.S. state governments, according to the Guttmacher Institute, about three times the number last year and more than double the previous record of 28 in 1997. The rally drew students from Penn State, the University of Pittsburgh and a busload of 40 students from Arcadia University.

—JANET POST