In a blow to one the state's two abortion providers, South Carolina can refuse to pay Planned Parenthood through the state's Medicaid program, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled in a 6-3 decision.

Indiana Attorney General Todd Rokita's office wants to vacate a 12-year-old injunction on an abortion provider state funding ...

II. Background As we wrote about in our Medicaid & the Law blog here, after South Carolina attempted to exclude Planned Parenthood clinics from the state’s Medicaid program, the Court in Medina ...

In South Carolina, $90,000 in Medicaid funding goes to Planned Parenthood every year, a tiny fraction of the state’s total Medicaid spending.

AJMC: On June 26, the Supreme Court sided with Medina in the Medina v Planned Parenthood case that allowed for South Carolina, and any other state, to withhold Medicaid funds from Planned ...

The Supreme Court on Thursday ruled for South Carolina in its effort to cut off Medicaid funding for Planned Parenthood, ruling individual Medicaid patients cannot sue to enforce their right to ...

July 30, 2025 - The Supreme Court's June 2025 decision in Medina v. Planned Parenthood South Atlantic significantly narrows when plaintiffs can sue states for alleged violations of the Medicaid Act.

More than 20 states sued the Trump administration July 29 to overturn the president’s effort to defund Planned Parenthood.

The Supreme Court in Medina limited the ability to enforce federal spending laws under §1983, ruling that such statutes must explicitly create individual rights to be enforceable. Because the Medicaid ...

Gov. Kevin Stitt issued an executive order Thursday evening directing state agencies to cease public funding for any ...

The complaint was filed 11 days after the U.S. Supreme Court, in a 6-3 vote, cleared the way for South Carolina to deny Medicaid funds to Planned Parenthood, saying the applicable federal law did ...

Planned Parenthood is trying not to turn patients away, but "we may not be able to do that for long," said Dr. Katherine Farris of Planned Parenthood South Atlantic. 'De facto ban' on health care ...