SCOTUS To Decide Whether States Can Defund Planned Parenthood
Press Release - Liberty Counsel Dec 23, 2024 WASHINGTON, D.C. – Last week, the U.S. Supreme Court agreed to take up Kerr v. Planned Parenthood South Atlantic , a case about whether South Carolina can defund Planned Parenthood by steering the state’s Medicaid funds away from abortion companies. Liberty Counsel will file an amicus brief in the case as it has the potential to decide if all states must fund abortion with their limited Medicaid funds. The crux of the issue is whether states can exclude certain medical providers from receiving Medicaid funding or if the Medicaid Act’s “any-qualified-provider” provision explicitly grants individual beneficiaries the right to choose a specific provider. Currently, the U.S. Circuit Courts of Appeals are divided 5-2 with the majority in favor of funding Planned Parenthood by interpreting the Medicaid Act provides a right to choose a specific qualified provider. However, the Fifth and Eighth Circuits found that the Medicaid Act does ...
