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States can cut off Medicaid funding to Planned Parenthood, the Supreme Court rules
- The U.S. Supreme Court ruled that states can block Medicaid funding to Planned Parenthood, marking a win for Republican efforts to defund the organization.
- This decision may limit patients' ability to contest funding decisions, especially in rural areas with fewer healthcare options.
- Public health groups like the American Cancer Society highlighted that lawsuits are crucial for Medicaid recipients to assert their rights.
- In South Carolina, Planned Parenthood receives $90,000 yearly in Medicaid funding, which is a small part of the state's total Medicaid budget.
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Colorado advocates cheer, decry Supreme Court ruling on Planned Parenthood
Advocates on opposing sides of the abortion debate lauded and cheered, depending on their ideological moorings, the Supreme Court's ruling that states can exclude Planned Parenthood from their Medicaid programs.
Here's how the Supreme Court ruling on Planned Parenthood funding could impact Medicaid patients
The Supreme Court is paving the way for states to cut off Medicaid money to Planned Parenthood, a ruling that could have wide-ranging ripple effects for patients.
The Supreme Court authorized South Carolina to abolish the funding of Planned Parenthood, paving the way for similar decisions in states that were hostile to the right to abortion.
Supreme Court allows states to cut off Planned Parenthood funding
A Supreme Court ruling will allow states to cut off Medicaid funding to Planned Parenthood without the risk of being sued. The 6-3 decision in Medina v. Planned Parenthood South Atlantic fell along ideological lines, with the conservatives forming the majority and the court’s liberals dissenting. History of the case South Carolina passed a law in 2018 that prohibits public funds from being used for abortions. As a result, it announced in July of…
US Supreme Court allows South Carolina to remove Planned Parenthood from list of Medicaid providers
Vicki Ringer, lobbyist for Planned Parenthood South Atlantic, along with Sen. Tameika Isaac Devine, D-Columbia, talks about the Supreme Court’s ruling that patients can’t sue to see the Medicare provider of their choice on the South Carolina Statehouse steps Thursday June 26, 2025. (Photo by Skylar Laird/SC Daily Gazette)Medicaid patients don’t have the right to sue to see their doctor of choice, allowing South Carolina to exclude clinics that a…
The U.S. Supreme Court ruled Thursday against the possibility that Planned Parenthood will sue the State of South Carolina for denying the country’s largest network of abortion and reproductive health clinics Medicaid funds, a kind of social security for lower incomes. Continue reading
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