Anti-abortion groups are praising the Supreme Court’s majority decision to block state Medicaid funds from supporting Planned Parenthood, paving the way for red states to stop funding abortion with taxpayer dollars.
In a 6-3 decision, along ideological lines, the Supreme Court struck down a lawsuit on Thursday from Planned Parenthood and a patient challenging Gov. Henry McMaster’s (R-SC) 2018 decision to disqualify abortion providers from Medicaid reimbursements for abortion and nonabortion services alike. The justices ruled that the plaintiffs lacked the right to sue.
Anti-abortion advocacy groups, like CatholicVote, argue that taxpayers shouldn’t fund or subsidize abortion when the medical practice goes against their moral conscience or religious beliefs.
“For too long, taxpayer dollars, including those of pro-life Americans and faithful Catholics, have been used to
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