It would have been easier to simply say, "Abortion, Is not Healthcare"!
But a Win is a Win!
The Supreme Court on Thursday ruled that a South Carolina woman and Planned Parenthood do not have a legal right, known as standing, to bring a lawsuit challenging South Carolina's decision to exclude Planned Parenthood from the state's Medicaid program on the basis that the organization provides abortions.
By a vote of 6-3, the court, in an opinion written by Justice Neil Gorsuch, held that a provision of the Medicaid Act requiring states to ensure that Medicaid patients can obtain care from "any qualified provider" does not create the kind of clear and unambiguous right required under the Supreme Court's cases to allow private lawsuits alleging violations of the provision.
The decision means that the lawsuit by Julie Edwards, who had been treated by Planned Parenthood and sought "to shift all [her] gynecological and reproductive health care there," cannot move forward – and she therefore cannot challenge the state's decision to exclude Planned Parenthood from Medicaid.
Much, Much more!!!
https://www.scotusblog.com/2025/06/court-decides-against-planned-parenthood/
Quote from: Solar on June 27, 2025, 03:42:03 AMIt would have been easier to simply say, "Abortion, Is not Healthcare"!
But a Win is a Win!
The Supreme Court on Thursday ruled that a South Carolina woman and Planned Parenthood do not have a legal right, known as standing, to bring a lawsuit challenging South Carolina's decision to exclude Planned Parenthood from the state's Medicaid program on the basis that the organization provides abortions.
By a vote of 6-3, the court, in an opinion written by Justice Neil Gorsuch, held that a provision of the Medicaid Act requiring states to ensure that Medicaid patients can obtain care from "any qualified provider" does not create the kind of clear and unambiguous right required under the Supreme Court's cases to allow private lawsuits alleging violations of the provision.
The decision means that the lawsuit by Julie Edwards, who had been treated by Planned Parenthood and sought "to shift all [her] gynecological and reproductive health care there," cannot move forward – and she therefore cannot challenge the state's decision to exclude Planned Parenthood from Medicaid.
Much, Much more!!!
https://www.scotusblog.com/2025/06/court-decides-against-planned-parenthood/
The SCOTUS made the right decision, abortion is elective surgery and should not be covered. But the other shoe still needs to drop. The court needs to call abortion what it is, murder.
Quote from: Possum on June 27, 2025, 03:56:42 AMThe SCOTUS made the right decision, abortion is elective surgery and should not be covered. But the other shoe still needs to drop. The court needs to call abortion what it is, murder.
Agree, it's no more healthcare than a boob-job is to mental health.