The Supreme Court has just ruled for the state of South Carolina in a lawsuit over the state booting Planned Parenthood from participation in Medicaid.
Specifically, this was a lawsuit about whether Medicaid beneficiaries in South Carolina, aka Planned Parenthood, have the right to sue the state to enforce the “free-choice-of-provider” provision in the Medicaid Act.
The high court ruled by a margin of 6-3 they don’t have that right and can’t sue:
NEW: In Medina v. Planned Parenthood South Atlantic, a case about whether there is a private right to bring a lawsuit challenging South Carolina's decision to end Planned Parenthood's participation in the state's Medicaid program, the court holds that there is not.
— SCOTUSblog (@SCOTUSblog) June 26, 2025
Predictably, all the liberals on the court dissented:
The 6-3 opinion is from Justice Gorsuch. Justice Jackson filed a dissenting opinion, joined by Justices Sotomayor and Kagan. https://t.co/nbdoS9rcrS
— SCOTUSblog (@SCOTUSblog) June 26, 2025