Supreme Court holds there is no right to taxpayer-funded abortion

The Supreme Court rolled back the power of federal judges again this week. This time, the court held that, contrary to a lower court ruling, people do not have a federal right to taxpayer-funded services from abortion providers such as Planned Parenthood. The decision, Medina v. Planned Parenthood South Atlantic, is a win for federalism generally and for every conservative state that wants to see their tax dollars go to helping pregnant women deliver their babies safely.

In 2018, four years before the Supreme Court sent abortion regulation back to states with its Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization decision, Gov. Henry McMaster (R-SC) announced that the South Carolina Department of Health and Human Services would no longer reimburse Planned Parenthood clinics through the state’s Medicaid

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