US Supreme Court backs South Carolina effort to defund Planned Parenthood | Health News

Republican-led states have sought to deprive abortion providers of public funds by restricting access to Medicaid.

The United States Supreme Court has cleared the way for South Carolina to strip the nonprofit healthcare provider Planned Parenthood of funding under Medicaid, a government insurance programme.

Thursday’s ruling was split along ideological lines, with the three liberal justices on the nine-member court dissenting.

The ruling overturned a lower court’s decision barring…

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