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Supreme Court Won't Review Indiana's Case Against Planned Parenthood
Supreme Court Won't Review Indiana's Case Against Planned Parenthood
The U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday declined to review a lower court decision that prevents the state of Indiana from cutting Planned Parenthood out of its Medicaid program.
Indiana Gov. Mitch Daniels (R) signed a bill into law in 2011 that prevents Medicaid recipients from being reimbursed for health services at Planned Parenthood because some of its clinics offer abortions. Planned Parenthood and the American Civil Liberties Union challenged that law in court, and in October 2012, the Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals permanently blocked it because federal law guarantees Medicaid enrollees the freedom to choose any qualified health care provider.
Indiana asked the U.S. Supreme Court in February to review the Seventh Circuit's decision, but the Supreme Court denied that request on Tuesday.
“Today’s announcement from the Supreme Court is not only a victory for Planned Parenthood’s patients in Indiana, it is a victory for the nearly three million people who turn to Planned Parenthood health centers each year across the country," Cecile Richards, president of Planned Parenthood Action Fund, said in a statement.
“Over and over again, courts have said that states cannot block people from getting preventive health care at Planned Parenthood, and the vast majority of the American public agrees," she said. "All women, no matter where they live, should be able to get quality, affordable health care from the health care provider they know and trust.”
Some Republican state lawmakers argue that Planned Parenthood should not receive taxpayer funding because it provides abortions, although none of the public money Planned Parenthood receives through Medicaid or the Title X federal family planning program can legally be used to pay for the procedure. The Hyde Amendment prevents taxpayer money from being used for abortions except in cases of rape, incest or when the mother's life is in danger.
Since 2011, the courts have blocked Planned Parenthood defunding laws from taking effect in Tennessee, North Carolina, Kansas, Arizona and Indiana. Planned Parenthood was denied preliminary injunctions against defunding laws in Texas and Oklahoma, however, and its contracts expired in those states on December 31, 2012. The federal government pulled all family planning funding from Texas as a result of the defunding law, and Texas is now paying about $200 million for the next five years to support its own Medicaid Women's Health Program.
Seven new states have moved to defund Planned Parenthood in their 2013 legislative sessions, but those bills have not yet been signed into law.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/05/28/supreme-court-planned-parenthood_n_3346161.html
The U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday declined to review a lower court decision that prevents the state of Indiana from cutting Planned Parenthood out of its Medicaid program.
Indiana Gov. Mitch Daniels (R) signed a bill into law in 2011 that prevents Medicaid recipients from being reimbursed for health services at Planned Parenthood because some of its clinics offer abortions. Planned Parenthood and the American Civil Liberties Union challenged that law in court, and in October 2012, the Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals permanently blocked it because federal law guarantees Medicaid enrollees the freedom to choose any qualified health care provider.
Indiana asked the U.S. Supreme Court in February to review the Seventh Circuit's decision, but the Supreme Court denied that request on Tuesday.
“Today’s announcement from the Supreme Court is not only a victory for Planned Parenthood’s patients in Indiana, it is a victory for the nearly three million people who turn to Planned Parenthood health centers each year across the country," Cecile Richards, president of Planned Parenthood Action Fund, said in a statement.
“Over and over again, courts have said that states cannot block people from getting preventive health care at Planned Parenthood, and the vast majority of the American public agrees," she said. "All women, no matter where they live, should be able to get quality, affordable health care from the health care provider they know and trust.”
Some Republican state lawmakers argue that Planned Parenthood should not receive taxpayer funding because it provides abortions, although none of the public money Planned Parenthood receives through Medicaid or the Title X federal family planning program can legally be used to pay for the procedure. The Hyde Amendment prevents taxpayer money from being used for abortions except in cases of rape, incest or when the mother's life is in danger.
Since 2011, the courts have blocked Planned Parenthood defunding laws from taking effect in Tennessee, North Carolina, Kansas, Arizona and Indiana. Planned Parenthood was denied preliminary injunctions against defunding laws in Texas and Oklahoma, however, and its contracts expired in those states on December 31, 2012. The federal government pulled all family planning funding from Texas as a result of the defunding law, and Texas is now paying about $200 million for the next five years to support its own Medicaid Women's Health Program.
Seven new states have moved to defund Planned Parenthood in their 2013 legislative sessions, but those bills have not yet been signed into law.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/05/28/supreme-court-planned-parenthood_n_3346161.html
Sorry Mike but I understood it, just have a bigger view of things then just one little article. The poor...don't those people qualify for Obamacare? Then they don't have to go to PP for anything medical. They even qualify for Medicaid now and don't have to go to PP.
Try thinking before you insult someone again Mike.
Try thinking before you insult someone again Mike.
Vance just didn't understand it.
Seven new states have moved to defund Planned Parenthood in their 2013 legislative sessions, but those bills have not yet been signed into law.
I predicted this over a year ago and was called ridiculous. ***** because the ones that will suffer are those low income people who got their health care at pp. Breast exams, pelvics, bc and the like. Anything that hurts the poor people. So what happened to all this complaining about big government again? Big is fine as long as it is the kind of big government certain individuals want. Im sure this was not voted on by the people either, was it? No of course not.
I predicted this over a year ago and was called ridiculous. ***** because the ones that will suffer are those low income people who got their health care at pp. Breast exams, pelvics, bc and the like. Anything that hurts the poor people. So what happened to all this complaining about big government again? Big is fine as long as it is the kind of big government certain individuals want. Im sure this was not voted on by the people either, was it? No of course not.
I knew that Medicaid would not pay for an abortion and the lower courts decision is correct. No state should deny access to a provider for basic services listed in the guidelines.
Defunding PP is fine if that is what states what to do. It is the choice they have to make. Same thing if a state wanted to defund something else that is not a necessatity but tax $ goes towrds it's existance. No matter what the program is, if it does not affect what government provides then it's ok.
Defunding PP is fine if that is what states what to do. It is the choice they have to make. Same thing if a state wanted to defund something else that is not a necessatity but tax $ goes towrds it's existance. No matter what the program is, if it does not affect what government provides then it's ok.
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