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Supreme Court Allows States to Block Planned Parenthood From Receiving Medicaid Funding

South Carolina had argued that no one’s rights were violated when it decided to exclude Planned Parenthood from its Medicaid program.


By Matthew Vadum

The U.S. Supreme Court on June 26 ruled that South Carolina may stop abortion provider Planned Parenthood from taking part in the state’s Medicaid program.

The majority opinion in the 6–3 decision in Medina v. Planned Parenthood South Atlantic was written by Justice Neil Gorsuch. The new ruling reverses a federal appeals court decision that blocked South Carolina from excluding Planned Parenthood from the program.

The court majority held that federal law does not permit health care providers or patients to sue a state if it runs afoul of a federal law requiring that Medicaid patients be allowed to use their preferred provider.

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