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State House Lawmakers Fail to Reach Vote on Child Sex Abuse Amendment

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Pennsylvania state lawmakers met Monday in a special session, ordered by Democratic Gov. Tom Wolf, to consider a measure that would give new rights to survivors of child sexual abuse.

But as WITF’s Brett Sholtis reports, lawmakers did not consider the issue.

Read the full story here.

(Original air-date: 1/10/23)

Brett Sholtis is a health reporter for WITF/Transforming Health. Sholtis is the 2021-2022 Reveal Benjamin von Sternenfels Rosenthal Grantee for Mental Health Investigative Journalism with the Rosalynn Carter Fellowships for Mental Health Journalism. His award-winning work on problem areas in mental health policy and policing helped to get a woman moved from a county jail to a psychiatric facility. Sholtis is a University of Pittsburgh graduate and a Pennsylvania Army National Guard Kosovo campaign veteran.