US EditionPlanned Parenthood Sues South Carolina over Medicaid Ban
Planned Parenthood South Atlantic contends state Medicaid blocks threaten access to contraception and cancer screenings for nearly 400 Medicaid patients in South Carolina clinics.
- On August 21, Planned Parenthood South Atlantic submitted a revised legal filing in federal court to contest South Carolina Governor Henry McMaster's executive orders that prevent Medicaid from reimbursing abortion service providers.
- This filing comes after the Supreme Court's June decision affirmed the state's authority to prevent abortion providers, including Planned Parenthood, from participating in Medicaid and permitted South Carolina to reclaim previously disbursed funds.
- Last year, Planned Parenthood’s clinics in Charleston and Columbia cared for nearly 400 Medicaid patients, offering a variety of healthcare including birth control, cancer detection, routine check-ups, and testing for sexually transmitted infections in addition to abortion-related care.
- The complaint warns of "irreparable harm" if funding stops and notes many counties lack OB-GYN providers while South Carolina struggles with poor health outcomes and high maternal mortality.
- The case may affect access to essential health care as Governor McMaster's administration defends the orders to protect state authority, while Planned Parenthood seeks to keep receiving Medicaid payments during litigation.
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Planned Parenthood sues South Carolina over Medicaid ban
An updated legal challenge from Planned Parenthood in South Carolina seeks to preserve Medicaid for its health centers after a recent Supreme Court decision allowed the state to restrict federal funding. The filing challenges the constitutionality of Gov. Henry McMaster’s (R) order that blocks Medicaid funds from clinics that provide abortions. The complaint asked a federal…
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Index-JournalPlanned Parenthood files new challenge to stay on SC’s Medicaid list for non-abortion services
A volunteer clinic escort holds a sign outside a Planned Parenthood clinic in Columbia, South Carolina, on Friday, March 28. (Photo by Skylar Laird/SC Daily Gazette)COLUMBIA — Planned Parenthood is again challenging South Carolina’s ability to remove its clinics from Medicaid’s provider list for non-abortion health care services. The nonprofit’s filing Thursday marks the latest in a seven-year-old case stemming from Gov. Henry McMaster’s 2018 ex…
Planned Parenthood files lawsuit to restore access to preventative care in SC
“What started as a crusade against abortion has devolved into an even greater assault on essential, preventive care,” said Paige Johnson, President and CEO of Planned Parenthood South Atlantic.
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