Pennsylvania court strikes down ban on use of Medicaid funds for abortions

Pennsylvania court strikes down ban on use of Medicaid funds for abortions

Victory for abortion rights groups as court finds state’s constitution guarantees a right to abortion A Pennsylvania court on Monday said that the state’s constitution guarantees a right to abortion while striking down a decades-long law banning the use of state Medicaid funds to cover abortion costs. The ruling by a divided seven-judge panel of the appellate-level commonwealth court is a major victory for Planned Parenthood and abortion clinic operators who first sued Pennsylvania over its Medicaid funding restrictions in 2019. Continue reading...