Supreme Court Takes Up Planned Parenthood Medicaid Case

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

54% : However, McMaster argued that any public money given to Planned Parenthood effectively "results in the subsidy of abortion.""The State of Carolina has a strong culture and longstanding tradition of protecting and defending the life and liberty of unborn children," the governor wrote in his order.
53% : The Medicaid funds Planned Parenthood gets go toward the abortion provider's other services, such as STD testing.
52% : In response, Planned Parenthood and one of its patients, Julie Edwards, sued South Carolina to keep her Medicaid coverage.
47% : South Carolina first tried to cut funding for Planned Parenthood in 2018.
47% : "Taxpayer dollars should never fund abortion providers like Planned Parenthood.
37% : The Supreme Court on Wednesday agreed to hear South Carolina's case against Planned Parenthood, which seeks to cut the abortion giant's Medicaid funding.

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