The Supreme Court Just Made It Easier for States to Defund Planned Parenthood

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At a time when Planned Parenthood, the nation’s largest provider of reproductive health care, faces unprecedented threats to its very survival on multiple fronts, the Supreme Court added another one on Thursday.

In a 6-3 decision, the court ruled that if states decide to unilaterally cut off Medicaid funding to a healthcare provider—in this case Planned Parenthood—patients cannot sue to stop them.

Justice Neil Gorsuch authored the decision in the case, known as Medina v. Planned Parenthood South Atlantic. In his opinion, he wrote that the Medicaid provision that protects patients’ ability to choose their doctor lacks the “rights-creating language” needed for patients to bring federal lawsuits when a state restricts their choice.

In a dissent, Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson wrote that the decision would gut the landmark Reconstruction-era civil rights law giving ordinary citizens the ability to sue in federal court when their rights are violated. “South Carolina asks us to hollow out that provision so that the State can evade liability for violating the rights of its Medicaid recipients to choose their own doctors,” she wrote.

https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2025/06/the-supreme-court-just-made-it-easier-for-states-to-defund-planned-parenthood/

[JustAnotherGen]

1. This is going to sound evil

But it's why states should be allowed to have residency requirements for out of staters to have abortions at our facilities.

You don't get to vote for the maga Pubs in a ruby red state over 'innocent babies lives' then come here when your pregnancy goes wrong.

If not - then extremely high charges for the service for out of staters. They are funded enough by me through the SALT Cap.

[Vogon_Glory]

2. My anger at red state antics with reproductive health has reached the point where

I think there ought to be big billboard-sized “BIOHAZARD AHEAD!” warning signs just before the state lines of each and every state that allows Republicans and anti-abortion zealots to play games with their citizens’ and residents’ health.