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Supreme Court Abortion Case Could Also Hit Medicaid

What: A case at the Supreme Court is ostensibly about states like South Carolina trying to stop Medicaid patients from going to Planned Parenthood clinics for non-abortion care, but it could end up hitting the entire Medicaid program. How? The state is arguing that key parts of the law are entirely “unenforceable”.

Key Line: “So, Medicaid patients of all kinds should hope that the Supreme Court does not, in its zeal to restrict abortion rights, embrace the Alliance Defending Freedom’s arguments in the Kerr case. Because if the Court does, much of federal law will become unenforceable overnight.”

Source: Vox

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