SCOTUS – REPRODUCTIVE RIGHTS ALERTS

14 Jul

States can block Medicaid money for health care at Planned Parenthood, the Supreme Court says

AlanLatest NewsHealthcare, legal news, Planned Parenthood, Reproductive rights, SCOTUS, United States

States can block the country's biggest abortion provider, Planned Parenthood, from receiving Medicaid money for health services such as contraception and cancer screenings, the Supreme Court ruled recently.The 6-3 opinion by Justice Neil Gorsuch and joined by the rest of the court's conservatives was not directly about abortion, but it comes as Republicans back a wider push across the country to defund the organization. It closes off Planned Parenthood's primary court path to keeping Medicaid funding in place: patient lawsuits.

09 Jul

Limiting Legal Remedies for Medicaid Prioritizes Politics over Access to Care

JordanLatest NewsAbortion Rights, Anti-abortion, Healthcare, Low Income, Medicaid, Reproductive rights, SCOTUS, South Carolina

In the first U.S. Supreme Court case involving access to abortion after the 2024 election, a 6-3 majority allowed states to block Medicaid patients from choosing their own health care provider. Medina v. Planned Parenthood South Atlantic involved a diabetic Medicaid patient seeking comprehensive health care at Planned Parenthood South Atlantic (PPSA). In 2018, South Carolina blocked PPSA from Medicaid unless it would agree not to provide any abortions. Under federal law, Medicaid already only pays for abortions in cases of rape, incest, or to save the life or health of the patient. But that wasn’t enough for South Carolina policymakers, who…

27 Jun

Advocates warn SCOTUS ruling could limit health care access for CT women

CoreyLatest NewsAnti-abortion, Healthcare, Reproductive rights, SCOTUS

The U.S. Supreme Court’s Planned Parenthood decision could limit health care access for Connecticut women, advocates said Thursday, as it opens the door for Congress, now considering the federal budget, to remove Planned Parenthood from Medicaid.

20 Apr

U.S. Supreme Court Could Roll Back, Freeze or Eliminate Preventive Health Coverage – Oral Arguments Tomorrow (4/21/25)

ChaseLatest NewsHealthcare, Reproductive rights, SCOTUS, United States

On Monday the U.S. Supreme Court will hear Braidwood Management v. Becerra, which could roll back and freeze coverage for key preventive health services and screenings currently required by the Affordable Care Act. The new name for the case is Kennedy v. Braidwood Management, Inc.

31 Mar

What’s at stake in SC for reproductive rights in case being heard by US Supreme Court on Wednesday

RandyLatest NewsAbortion Rights, Healthcare, Reproductive rights, SCOTUS, South Carolina, United States

South Carolina residents could be stripped of the ability to use Medicaid at Planned Parenthood or other reproductive health care centers if the Supreme Court rules in favor of the state after hearing arguments in a case April 2.

24 Dec

The Supreme Court Prepares to Take Its First Shot at Contraception

DoryLatest NewsContraception, Planned Parenthood, Reproductive rights, SCOTUS, United States

A case just added to the high court’s docket takes on the question of whether Medicaid can be used to pay for services at medical providers that also perform abortions.

08 Oct

U.S. Supreme Court lets stand a court order barring emergency abortions that violate Texas ban

AlanLatest NewsAbortion Ban, SCOTUS, Texas, United States

A court order that says hospitals cannot federally be required to provide pregnancy terminations when they violate a Texas abortion ban will stay for now, the Supreme Court said Monday.

22 Aug

Opinion: North Carolina judges, the fall election, and reproductive freedom

AlanLatest Newslegislation, North Carolina, Opinion, Reproductive rights, SCOTUS, United States

As we sprint towards Election Day 2024 with high-profile presidential and congressional elections on the horizon, many of us are talking about how these elections will impact abortion access in North Carolina and around the country. Even if we elect a pro-choice White House, however, the specter of nine unelected justices appointed for life to the highest court in the land where they play an outsized role in abortion access remains. For anti-abortion lawmakers, getting six anti-abortion justices to form a supermajority on the U.S. Supreme Court was indeed the key to pushing their unpopular and regressive agenda.

29 Jul

Exclusive: Inside the Supreme Court’s negotiations and compromise on Idaho’s abortion ban

AlanLatest NewsAbortion Ban, Healthcare, SCOTUS, United States

The Supreme Court began the year poised to build on its 2022 decision overturning Roe v. Wade and to deliver a new blow to abortion access. In January, the court took the extraordinary step of letting Idaho enforce its ban on abortion with an exception only to prevent the death of a pregnant woman, despite an ongoing challenge from the Biden administration arguing that it intruded on federal protections for emergency room care.

17 Jul

Opinion: Supreme Court’s blow to federal agencies’ power will likely weaken abortion rights

AlanLatest NewsOpinion, SCOTUS, United States

The Supreme Court wrapped up its term at the beginning of July 2024 with a range of rulings that reshape everything from the power of the presidency to how federal agencies carry out their work. One of the court’s most significant decisions was Loper Bright Enterprises v. Raimondo.This ruling, at its core, determines the balance of power between the judiciary branch’s federal courts and the executive branch’s federal agencies. When Congress passes laws, legislators know that many will have gaps and ambiguities. It is generally the job of federal agencies – staffed with subject-matter experts – to issue regulations to fill in that…

12 Jul

National Organization for Women hosts rally outside SCOTUS

BarbraLatest NewsAbortion Rights, Healthcare, NOW, SCOTUS, United States

Protesters with the National Organization for Women gathered outside the Supreme Court on June 24 to advocate for reproductive rights, equal rights and an end to domestic violence.

27 Jun

Rate of Young Women Getting Sterilized Doubled After ‘Roe’ Was Overturned

AlanLatest NewsHealthcare, Post-Dobbs, SCOTUS, Sterilization, United States

Sophia Ferst remembers her reaction to learning that the Supreme Court had overturned Roe v. Wade: She needed to get sterilized.

23 Jun

Biden campaign to mark second anniversary of Roe reversal as he makes abortion rights a key reelection message

BarbraLatest NewsAbortion Rights, Healthcare, Post-Dobbs, Roe v Wade, SCOTUS, United States

President Joe Biden and his allies will mark the second anniversary of the Supreme Court’s decision to overturn Roe v. Wade this week, homing in on an issue that the president’s campaign sees as key to his reelection bid.

21 Jun

Democrats stress reproductive rights in fight for control of Congress, White House

AlanLatest NewsAbortion Ban, Abortion Rights, SCOTUS, United States, Vote

Top Democratic campaign officials Thursday pressed their case for control of Congress and the White House by pointing toward the upcoming two-year anniversary of the U.S. Supreme Court overturning the constitutional right to an abortion.

18 Jun

Abortion Pill Access Is Still Under Threat After SCOTUS Ruling, Legal Experts Warn

MollyLatest News, United StatesAbortion Pill, Abortion pill access, mifepristone, Ruling, SCOTUS, Supreme Court, United States

"....Last week’s ruling was widely expected, legal experts say. “Anybody that values reproductive freedom and the scientific integrity of the [U.S. Food and Drug Administration] can breathe a sigh of relief,” says Lawrence Gostin, a professor of global health law at Georgetown University. But “it would be foolish to declare victory” for abortion rights, he says. The ruling was a narrow legal technicality that didn’t go into the case’s actual merits. It’s quite possible, Gostin says, that the Court could make future rulings that restrict access to medication abortion and usurp the FDA’s broader authority to regulate drug safety...."