Fox News Politics Newsletter: Red State Notches SCOTUS Win Over Planned Parenthood
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The Supreme Court ruled Thursday that South Carolina has the power to block Medicaid funding for Planned Parenthood clinics, in a technical interpretation over healthcare choices that has emerged as a larger political fight over abortion access.
The case, Medina v. Planned Parenthood South Atlantic, centers on whether low-income Medicaid patients can sue under what is known as Section 1983 – part of the Civil Rights Act of 1871 – in order to choose their own qualified healthcare provider.
It involves South Carolina's blocking of Medicaid funding for Planned Parenthood South Atlantic, which the organization argued violated federal law. In a 6-3 decision, the Court noted that the typical redress for such a violation would be for the Secretary of Health and Human Services to withhold Medicaid funding from the state, not for an individual to sue the state.
"Section 1983 permits private plaintiffs to sue for violations of federal spending-power statutes only in 'atypical' situations … where the provision in question 'clear[ly]' and 'unambiguous[ly]' confers an individual 'right,'" Justice Neil Gorsuch wrote in the majority opinion, ruling that the law in question in the present case "is not such a statute."…READ MORE.
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UNELECTED POWER: Fury erupts as unelected Senate 'scorekeeper' blocks Trump's agenda
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VALUES VS. VERDICT: WATCH: Republicans share views on gay marriage decade after Supreme Court decision
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SMACKDOWN: Trump's 'big, beautiful bill' faces setback as Senate rules knock out key Medicaid provisions
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