{"id":323319,"date":"2024-12-18T15:05:03","date_gmt":"2024-12-18T21:05:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.liveaction.org\/news\/?p=323319"},"modified":"2024-12-21T01:42:55","modified_gmt":"2024-12-21T07:42:55","slug":"supreme-court-decide-states-defund-planned-parenthood","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/supreme-court-decide-states-defund-planned-parenthood\/","title":{"rendered":"US Supreme Court to decide if states are allowed to defund Planned Parenthood"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;\" class=\"sharethis-inline-share-buttons\" ><\/div><p>The United States Supreme Court <a href=\"https:\/\/www.supremecourt.gov\/orders\/courtorders\/121824zr_7l48.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">announced<\/a> on Wednesday that it will hear arguments in <em>Kerr v. Planned Parenthood<\/em>, a <a href=\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/appeals-court-medicaid-planned-parenthood\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">case<\/a> that will determine whether states have the authority to defund Planned Parenthood.<\/p>\n<p>Under federal law, the Hyde Amendment prohibits the use of federal funds to pay for abortions except in cases of rape or when &#8220;necessary to save the life of the woman,&#8221; though induced abortion \u2014 the <em>direct<\/em> and <em>intentional<\/em> killing of preborn babies \u2014 is not medically necessary. Some states, however, allow state Medicaid funding to be used for all elective abortions, such as <a href=\"https:\/\/portal.ct.gov\/reproductiverights\/paying-for-an-abortion#:~:text=HUSKY%20Health%3A%20The%20Connecticut%20Medicaid,not%20pay%20for%20abortion%20services.\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Connecticut<\/a>, where the HUSKY Health Medicaid program covers abortions. HUSKY (funded by taxpayers) pays for <a href=\"https:\/\/ctcatholic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/CCC-Executive-Summary-12th-Annual-Abortion-Report.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">75%<\/a> of the total abortions in the state.<\/p>\n<p><em>Kerr v. Planned Parenthood<\/em> stems from a lawsuit filed by Planned Parenthood patient Julie Edwards in South Carolina, who sued the state because her Medicaid coverage would not pay for her visits to Planned Parenthood for birth control. In 2018, Governor Henry McMaster issued an executive order that cut off state funding from the abortion giant, as well as every abortion business in the state.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">The Supreme Court announced today it will hear Kerr v Planned Parenthood, which will decide whether states have authority to de-fund Planned Parenthood as unqualified providers in the Medicaid program. Big news for the over a dozen States that have tried to get Big Abortion out\u2026<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Steven H. Aden (@StevenHAdenAUL) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/StevenHAdenAUL\/status\/1869447087542218967?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 18, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Edwards argued that McMaster&#8217;s order violated a provision of the Medicaid Act allowing patients eligible for Medicaid to receive care from a &#8220;qualified&#8221; provider of their choice. A federal appeals court sided with the state, allowing South Carolina to exclude Planned Parenthood from its Medicaid program. The case then moved to the Fourth Circuit, which sided with Planned Parenthood.<\/p>\n<p><strong>READ: <a href=\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/house-speaker-mike-johnson-defund-planned-parenthood\/\"><em>House Speaker Mike Johnson says he \u2018would like to\u2019 defund Planned Parenthood<\/em><\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Attorneys with Alliance Defending Freedom representing the state then filed a <a href=\"https:\/\/adflegal.org\/case\/kerr-v-planned-parenthood-south-atlantic\/attachment\/petition-for-a-writ-of-certiorari-5\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">petition<\/a> with the Supreme Court, asking it to hear the case. They asked that the Supreme Court affirm that the Medicaid Act does not create a private right for Medicaid recipients to challenge a state&#8217;s decision to not allow a specific provider to receive Medicaid funding. The Supreme Court granted that petition, sending the case back to the Fourth Circuit for further consideration (affirming that a state <em>may defund<\/em> a specific provider). The Fourth Circuit, however, stuck with its original ruling, which said the state could <em>not<\/em> block Planned Parenthood from Medicaid funding.<\/p>\n<p>The case is now at the Supreme Court, which is expected to hear oral arguments in the spring.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><span class=\"s1\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.liveaction.org\/end-taxpayer-dollars-to-planned-parenthood\/\"><b><i>Tell President Trump, RFK, Jr., Elon, and Vivek: <\/i><\/b><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><span class=\"s1\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.liveaction.org\/end-taxpayer-dollars-to-planned-parenthood\/\"><b><i>Stop killing America\u2019s future. Defund Planned Parenthood NOW!<\/i><\/b><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The United States Supreme Court announced on Wednesday that it will hear arguments in Kerr v. Planned Parenthood, a case that will determine whether states have the authority to defund Planned Parenthood. 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