Supreme Court takes up bid to defund Planned Parenthood

[BumRushDaShow]

Source: ABC News

April 2, 2025, 5:08 AM


The battle over taxpayer funding for Planned Parenthood takes center stage at the U.S. Supreme Court on Wednesday in a dispute over South Carolina's exclusion of the group from the state Medicaid program because it provides abortions. On the line is the ability of Medicaid beneficiaries to freely choose a healthcare provider, including physicians at Planned Parenthood who provide services other than abortion, like contraception treatments and cancer screenings.

South Carolina's two Planned Parenthood clinics have served mostly low-income, minority women for more than 40 years. Hundreds of their patients are Medicaid recipients. The case also implicates the millions of federal dollars Planned Parenthood receives in the form of reimbursements for treating Medicaid patients each year.

According to Planned Parenthood, 34% of its overall revenue, or $699 million, comes from government grants, contracts, and Medicaid funds. In 2018, South Carolina's Republican governor Henry McMaster issued executive orders disqualifying Planned Parenthood from receiving Medicaid reimbursements for non-abortion services.

Julie Edwards, a Medicaid beneficiary and type-1 diabetic who sought medical care at a Planned Parenthood clinic in Columbia, SC, sued the state alleging a violation of the Medicaid Act, which guarantees a "free choice of provider" that is willing and qualified.

Read more: https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/supreme-court-takes-bid-defund-planned-parenthood/story?id=120381909

[Scrivener7]

1. They just can't stop showing us how much they hate women, can they?

We shouldn't have to, but $699 million is an amount we can make up with donations. I know I'll be upping my monthly contribution. Because PP saves lives.

Those monsters know that. That's why they're doing this.

[Miguelito Loveless]

2. Well, there goes Planned Parenthood

The Handmaid's Tale continues.

[electric_blue68]

6. Where my thoughts just went...

I'm rewatching it in preperation for Season 6; April 8th.

It's so painful; but it's done sooo well; it watchable. The acting, the settings, the cinematography, music. Kudos.

[OhioTim]

3. If The Supreme Court Starts Ruling Against Trump

he will just add five more members

[progressoid]

4. grrrrr

[Lonestarblue]

5. A few years ago Texas tried to end Planned Parenthood by severely cutting the budget for women's healthcare.

The cuts forced 81 clinics, many of them the only medical care in rural areas. Planned Parenthood was not one of them, and only 3 of the clinics had ever performed an abortion. So Republicans forced the closure of 78 clinics doing nothing but providing healthcare for poor women and men all to satisfy their religion that says women are nothing more than baby machines and need no healthcare. These same Republicans are proud that they have the largest population in the country with no access to health insurance and thus must rely on organizations like Planned Parenthood. I’m sure their Jesus believed that poor people deserve no help.

[Rhiannon12866]

7. In many rural areas, Planned Parenthood is the only place women can find health care.