States have more leeway to defund Planned Parenthood, the nation’s largest abortion provider, after a major decision from the Supreme Court on June 26.
The case, known as Medina v. Planned Parenthood, focused on South Carolina’s attempt to prevent Medicaid dollars from flowing to the organization.
Planned Parenthood and one of its patients sued, alleging that the state’s decision violated the federal law establishing Medicaid, which allows recipients to choose their providers.
The Supreme Court’s ruling, however, said that patients didn’t have a clear right to sue over that provision of the Medicaid Act.
The justices discussed a variety of issues, including a separate law known as Section 1983 that allows Americans to sue the government over alleged violations of their rights….