The New Yorker:

by Jessica Winter

The Supreme Court, in a 6–3 decision that came down last week, allowed South Carolina to block the state’s Medicaid funds from being used for Planned Parenthood’s services, opening the door for other states to do the same.

Q: How bad is it?

Jessica Winter, staff writer covering family: Medina v. Planned Parenthood South Atlantic is not epochal, Dobbs-level bad in terms of its impact on reproductive rights. But the cruel sophistry of the majority opinion and its potential adverse effects on low-income patients should be recognized. Federal law specifies that Medicaid recipients can choose their own health-care providers, but this decision will block these patients from using Planned Parenthood clinics to access contraception, S.T.I. screenings, and gender-affirming care—because, as Henry McMaster, South Carolina’s Republican governor, stated, “Taxpayers should not be forced to subsidize abortion providers.” In allowing South Carolina’s rule to stand, the Court effectively allows the anti-abortion sentiments of conservative lawmakers—and of the Justices who share these views—to override long-established patient rights.

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