Planned Parenthood closing 3 Michigan clinics
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Planned Parenthood will also consolidate two of its health centers in Ann Arbor by May 5, and will expand its Virtual Health Center to offer telehealth appointments seven days per week.
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The Trump Administration is withholding millions of dollars allocated for family planning services from more than a dozen organizations.
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Supreme Court Case That Could Gut Planned Parenthood
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The Supreme Court appeared divided Wednesday over whether states should be able cut off Medicaid funding to Planned Parenthood, a case that comes amid a wider push from abortion opponents to defund t...
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The Supreme Court is set to hear arguments Wednesday in a yearslong court fight over South Carolina's attempt to boot Planned Parenthood from its Medicaid program.
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Since the Supreme Court in 2022 overturned its landmark Roe v. Wade ruling that had legalized abortion nationwide, 12 states have implemented near-total bans while four states, including South Carolin...
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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.
The Trump administration has reportedly withheld millions of dollars from Planned Parenthood affiliates for violating civil rights laws and executive orders against DEI programs.
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.
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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 court will decide whether Medicaid beneficiaries may sue to receive services under a law that lets them choose any qualified provider.
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.
South Carolina was sued after it disqualified Planned Parenthood South Atlantic from getting Medicaid funding even for health services unrelated to abortion.