Pennsylvania Court Forces Taxpayers to Fund Abortions

By Michael New Ph.D. 

Pennsylvania’s Commonwealth Court ruled that the state’s Medicaid program must cover elective abortions. In its ruling, the court stated that existing limits on taxpayer funding of abortion violate Pennsylvania’s Equal Rights Amendment. This is a major victory for Planned Parenthood and the abortion facilities that were the plaintiffs in the case.

Indeed, Pennsylvania’s limits on taxpayer funding of abortion have been subject to a great deal of litigation. Pennsylvania’s Medicaid program covered elective abortion for most the 1970s and early 1980s. In 1982, Pennsylvania passed its Abortion Control Act, which among other things prevented taxpayer funding of elective abortion. However, these limits did not take effect until they were upheld by the state’s supreme court in 1985.

Another round of litigation challenging the prohibition started in 2019.  In 2021, a lower court ruled that the plaintiffs lacked standing. However, a 2024 decision by the state supreme court overturned the lower court’s ruling…

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