Alternative Headline: States Can Defund Planned Parenthood
[MM Curator Summary]: The Supreme Court ruled that states can block Planned Parenthood from receiving Medicaid funds, even for non‑abortion services.
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WASHINGTON — States can block the country’s biggest abortion provider, Planned Parenthood , from receiving Medicaid money for health services such as contraception and cancer screenings, the Supreme Court ruled on Thursday.
The 6-3 opinion by Justice Neil Gorsuch and joined by the rest of the court’s conservatives was not directly about abortion, but it comes as Republicans back a wider push across the country to defund the organization. It closes off Planned Parenthood’s primary court path to keeping Medicaid funding in place: patient lawsuits.
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