South Carolina's Fight to Defund Planned Parenthood Is Headed to the Supreme Court

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

53% : "Republican-led South Carolina has long sought to bar Planned Parenthood from participating in Medicaid because it provides abortions.
51% : "The technical legal issue is whether people eligible to use Medicaid, a program for low-income people administered by states, can sue in order to pick the qualified health care provider of their choice," NBC News explained.
44% : But a three-judge panel of the Richmond-based 4th US Circuit Court of Appeals disagreed with that take and sided with the patient and Planned Parenthood.
43% : Planned Parenthood has facilities in Charleston and Columbia that now provide limited abortion care in line with the new ban as well as other health care services including contraception, cancer screenings and pregnancy testing.
43% : John Bursch, an attorney with Alliance Defending Freedom who is representing the state, said in a statement that pro-life states "should be free to determine that Planned Parenthood and other entities that peddle abortion are not qualified to receive taxpayer funding through Medicaid.
40% : The organization, joined by a Medicaid recipient seeking contraception services, filed a lawsuit against the state, arguing that the order violated federal protections ensuring Medicaid access to "any qualified provider.
39% : Conversely, Planned Parenthood insists that excluding the organization from Medicaid makes it harder for women to access essential health services like contraception, cancer screenings, and pregnancy testing for low-income patients.
38% : "Planned Parenthood pointed out that Medicaid funding for abortion is already prohibited under federal law except in cases of rape, incest, or when the mother's life is at risk.
35% : The U.S. Supreme Court will hear a contentious case involving South Carolina's effort to bar Medicaid funds from going to Planned Parenthood.
32% : The dispute began in 2018 when Gov. Henry McMaster issued an executive order preventing Medicaid funding for Planned Parenthood.

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