The Supreme Court will hear arguments in a case regarding South Carolina's attempt to cut off Medicaid funding to Planned Parenthood. The case centers on whether Medicaid patients can sue if their right to choose their own qualified provider is denied.
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The court agreed to take up the state’s 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.in 2018 to cut off funding to Planned Parenthood, which uses the money for family planning rather than abortions. Medicaid does not pay for abortion except in cases when a pregnant woman’s life is at risk or the pregnancy is the result of rape or incest.
Planned Parenthood’s medical services include birth control, cancer screenings and STD testing. It operates two clinics in South Carolina, serving hundreds of patients a year covered by Medicaid, a joint federal and state program that covers health services for low-income people.Former Alabama coach Mike Shula takes over as South Carolina offensive coordinatorSouth Carolina now bans abortion around six weeks of pregnancy, or when cardiac activity is detected, with limited exceptions.
“Pro-life states like South Carolina should be free to determine that Planned Parenthood and other entities that peddle abortion are not qualified to receive taxpayer funding through Medicaid,” said John Bursch, an attorney with the group Alliance Defending Freedom who is representing the state.Whitehurst covers the Supreme Court, legal affairs and criminal justice for The Associated Press in Washington, D.C. Past stops include Salt Lake City, New Mexico and Indiana.
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