Law blocks Planned Parenthood from Medicaid dollars, 1/3 of WV patients affected

Law blocks Planned Parenthood from Medicaid dollars, 1/3 of WV patients affected

A Republican bill that temporarily restricts Medicaid reimbursements to Planned Parenthood will affect about one third of patients at its only West Virginia clinic, according to officials with the organization. The clinic — located in Vienna, Wood County — doesn’t offer abortions and hasn’t since long before West Virginia lawmakers mostly outlawed the procedure in 2022. Patients — a third of whom are on Medicaid — come to the clinic for birth co…