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2024-12-19 19:35:12 UTC
https://www.ocregister.com/2024/12/18/supreme-court-medicaid-planned-
parenthood/
WASHINGTON (AP) The Supreme Court said Wednesday it will consider South
Carolinas move to cut off Medicaid funding to Planned Parenthood, the
latest abortion-related case since the justices overturned Roe v. Wade.
The court agreed to take up the states appeal of a lower-court ruling
focused on whether Medicaid patients can sue over their right to choose
their own qualified provider. The case will be argued in the spring.
South Carolina moved in 2018 to cut off funding to Planned Parenthood. The
organization uses Medicaid funding for family planning health services
rather than abortions, but Gov. Henry McMaster said any public money sent
there results in the subsidy of abortion.
Medicaid does not pay for abortion except in cases when a pregnant womans
life is at risk or the pregnancy is the result of rape or incest. Planned
Parenthood has previously said it gets less than $100,000 in South
Carolina, one of many conservative-leaning states that sought to halt or
reduce public funding for the nations largest U.S. abortion provider.
The 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals blocked the move after a challenge
from the organization and a patient. It found that federal law lets
Medicaid patients choose their providers, and sue if necessary.
Planned Parenthoods medical services include birth control, cancer
screenings and STD testing as well as abortions. Its two clinics in South
Carolina serve hundreds of patients a year covered by Medicaid, a joint
federal and state program that covers health services for low-income
people.
South Carolina now bans abortion around six weeks of pregnancy, or when
cardiac activity is detected, with limited exceptions. Most Republican-
controlled states have move to restrict it since the high court overturned
constitutional protections for abortion in 2022.
South Carolina is free to use its limited funding to subsidize life-
affirming care, said John Bursch, an attorney with the group Alliance
Defending Freedom who is representing the state. Other appeals courts have
differed from the 4th Circuit, making it more important for the Supreme
Court to take up the issue, he said.
Planned Parenthood had urged the court not to take up the case, saying in
court papers that its affiliates provide essential medical care to low-
income individuals and the law clearly gives patients the right to sue if
cut off from accessing it.
The case is politics at its worst, Jenny Black, president and CEO of
Planned Parenthood South Atlantic, said in a statement. Blacks
organization operates the South Carolina clinics.
Everyone should be able to access quality, affordable health care from a
provider they trust, she said.
Originally Published: December 18, 2024 at 12:28 PM PST
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WASHINGTON (AP) The Supreme Court said Wednesday it will consider South
Carolinas move to cut off Medicaid funding to Planned Parenthood, the
latest abortion-related case since the justices overturned Roe v. Wade.
The court agreed to take up the states appeal of a lower-court ruling
focused on whether Medicaid patients can sue over their right to choose
their own qualified provider. The case will be argued in the spring.
South Carolina moved in 2018 to cut off funding to Planned Parenthood. The
organization uses Medicaid funding for family planning health services
rather than abortions, but Gov. Henry McMaster said any public money sent
there results in the subsidy of abortion.
Medicaid does not pay for abortion except in cases when a pregnant womans
life is at risk or the pregnancy is the result of rape or incest. Planned
Parenthood has previously said it gets less than $100,000 in South
Carolina, one of many conservative-leaning states that sought to halt or
reduce public funding for the nations largest U.S. abortion provider.
The 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals blocked the move after a challenge
from the organization and a patient. It found that federal law lets
Medicaid patients choose their providers, and sue if necessary.
Planned Parenthoods medical services include birth control, cancer
screenings and STD testing as well as abortions. Its two clinics in South
Carolina serve hundreds of patients a year covered by Medicaid, a joint
federal and state program that covers health services for low-income
people.
South Carolina now bans abortion around six weeks of pregnancy, or when
cardiac activity is detected, with limited exceptions. Most Republican-
controlled states have move to restrict it since the high court overturned
constitutional protections for abortion in 2022.
South Carolina is free to use its limited funding to subsidize life-
affirming care, said John Bursch, an attorney with the group Alliance
Defending Freedom who is representing the state. Other appeals courts have
differed from the 4th Circuit, making it more important for the Supreme
Court to take up the issue, he said.
Planned Parenthood had urged the court not to take up the case, saying in
court papers that its affiliates provide essential medical care to low-
income individuals and the law clearly gives patients the right to sue if
cut off from accessing it.
The case is politics at its worst, Jenny Black, president and CEO of
Planned Parenthood South Atlantic, said in a statement. Blacks
organization operates the South Carolina clinics.
Everyone should be able to access quality, affordable health care from a
provider they trust, she said.
Originally Published: December 18, 2024 at 12:28 PM PST
--
November 5, 2024 - Congratulations President Donald Trump. We look
forward to America being great again.
The disease known as Kamala Harris has been effectively treated and
eradicated.
We live in a time where intelligent people are being silenced so that
stupid people won't be offended.
Durham Report: The FBI has an integrity problem. It has none.
Thank you for cleaning up the disaster of the 2008-2017 Obama / Biden
fiasco, President Trump.
Under Barack Obama's leadership, the United States of America became the
The World According To Garp. Obama sold out heterosexuals for Hollywood
queer liberal democrat donors.