Supreme Court To Consider Whether Red State Can Defund Planned Parenthood

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

53% : Supreme Court (By Joe Ravi, CC BY-SA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=16959908)The Supreme Court agreed Wednesday to consider whether South Carolina can block Planned Parenthood from receiving Medicaid funds.
49% : "Patient Julie Edwards and Planned Parenthood argue that the state's decision violates the Medicaid Act's "free-choice-of-provider," which "gives Medicaid recipients the right to choose to receive their medical care from any qualified and willing provider.
47% : The Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals upheld a decision preventing the state from removing Planned Parenthood from the Medicaid program in March.
46% : "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."
45% : "Planned Parenthood could receive state Medicaid funding if it chooses to stop performing abortions," South Carolina Department of Health and Human Services director Robert Kerr's petition states.
39% : Planned Parenthood and a patient sued South Carolina in 2018 after the state excluded abortion providers from offering family planning services through Medicaid.

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