More than 1 million people seeking care such as contraception or testing for sexually transmitted diseases and cancer could be affected by the Trump administration withholding more than $27 million in Title X funding to Planned Parenthood clinics nationwide, according to estimates from the Guttmacher Institute.
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During an event at Kentucky museum, Planned Parenthood “inadvertently" gave sexually explicit coloring books to kids aged 8 through 13, and said they are "reviewing our internal protocols."
The battle over taxpayer funding for Planned Parenthood takes center stage at the Supreme Court in a South Carolina dispute over Medicaid providers.
If the Supreme Court sides with South Carolina, many GOP-led states are expected to likewise block Planned Parenthood from participating in Medicaid.
The Supreme Court’s conservative majority appeared sympathetic Wednesday to South Carolina’s bid, backed by the Trump administration, to exclude Planned Parenthood from its Medicaid program and deny affected patients the ability to challenge that exclusion in court.
The court will decide whether Medicaid beneficiaries may sue to receive services under a law that lets them choose any qualified provider.
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At different intervals, dueling speakers, a woman with a siren horn, a tuba band, a Christian rock band and more vied for attention.
The U.S. Supreme Court is set on Wednesday to consider South Carolina's bid to strip Planned Parenthood of funding under the Medicaid program in a case that could bolster efforts by Republican-led states to deprive the reproductive healthcare and abortion provider of public money.