The U.S. Supreme Court announced on Feb. 10 that it will hear South Carolina’s bid to stop Planned Parenthood from taking part in the state’s Medicaid program on April 2.
Medicaid is a joint federal-state program that offers health insurance coverage to low-income Americans.
Planned Parenthood is a major provider of abortion services. It also offers other services such as birth control, testing for pregnancy and venereal diseases, and sex education.
The case, Medina v. Planned Parenthood South Atlantic, had been known as Kerr v. Planned Parenthood South Atlantic, but its name changed after then-petitioner Robert Kerr retired in November 2024 as director of the South Carolina Department of Health and Human Services. He was replaced as petitioner by Eunice Medina, who is now interim director of the department….