The Supreme Court ruled that states can legally prevent Planned Parenthood from receiving Medicaid funding for non-abortion health services, such as contraception and cancer screenings. This decision, reflecting a conservative majority, closes off a significant legal avenue that patients had previously utilized to challenge such restrictions. It implies greater state control over the distribution of public health funds, especially in light of ongoing efforts from Republican officials to defund the organization, which provides vital services to many women, particularly those on Medicaid who struggle to find other providers.
Public health care money generally cannot be used to pay for abortions, but Medicaid patients go to Planned Parenthood for other needs in part because it can be difficult to find a doctor who takes the publicly funded insurance.
The justices found that while Medicaid law allows people choose their own provider, that does not make it a right enforceable in court.
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