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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Lindsay Whitehurst

States can cut off Medicaid funding to Planned Parenthood, the Supreme Court rules

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The Supreme Court allowed states to cut off Medicaid money to Planned Parenthood in a ruling handed down Thursday amid a wider Republican-backed push to defund the country’s biggest abortion provider.

The case centers on funding for other health care services Planned Parenthood provides in South Carolina, but the ruling could have broader implications for Medicaid patients.

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