States can cut off Medicaid funding to Planned Parenthood, the Supreme Court rules

Supreme Court Greenlights Republican Crusade to Defund Planned Parenthood

On Thursday, the Supreme Court delivered a decision that could be a death knell for Planned Parenthood health centers across the nation.  In a 6-3 decision authored by Justice Neil Gorsuch, the court’s conservative supermajority decided that the federal Medicaid Act does not give an individual the right to bring a civil rights lawsuit challenging the termination of a specific Medicaid provider from that state’s network.  The Supreme Court’s …

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Supreme court paves way for South Carolina and other states to defund Planned Parenthood

Decision could embolden red states in US to block clinics that provide abortions from receiving Medicaid fundsUS politics live – latest updatesThe US supreme court has paved the way for South Carolina to kick Planned Parenthood out of its Medicaid program over its status as an abortion provider, a decision that could embolden red states across the country to effectively “defund” the reproductive healthcare organization.The case, Medina v Planned…

States can cut off Medicaid funding to Planned Parenthood, the Supreme Court rules

A divided Supreme Court allowed states to cut off Medicaid money to Planned Parenthood in a ruling handed down Thursday amid a wider Republican-backed push to defund the country's biggest abortion provider.

Supreme Court lets South Carolina block Medicaid funds from Planned Parenthood

The Supreme Court rejected Planned Parenthood's challenge to South Carolina's attempt to bar the organization from participating in its Medicaid program.

Supreme Court rejects challenge to South Carolina defunding Planned Parenthood

The Supreme Court ruled Thursday that a lawsuit challenging South Carolina’s decision to defund Planned Parenthood cannot move forward.