WASHINGTON, Dec 10 (Reuters) - The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday rejected appeals by Louisiana and Kansas seeking to end public funding by those states to Planned Parenthood, a national women's healthcare and abortion provider, through the Medicaid program.
The justices left intact lower court rulings that prevented the two states from stripping government healthcare funding from local Planned Parenthood affiliates.
Three conservative justices, Clarence Thomas, Samuel Alito and Neil Gorsuch, dissented from the decision by the nine-member court, saying it should have heard the appeals by the states.
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Roberts and Kavanaugh joined the liberals on this case.
Ouch, that's got to hurt, all that fuss and then he goes and votes against the Christian right anyway.
Added bonus, false allegations dismissed...
Several states attempted to defund the women’s health organisation after undercover video footage in 2015, filmed by anti-abortion activists, portrayed Planned Parenthood making profits from selling fetal tissue and body parts from abortions. Planned Parenthood has outright denied these claims, citing that the videos were heavily edited and misleading. After a series of investigations, the authorities found no evidence done of wrongdoing done by the organisation.
Planned Parenthood has praised the Supreme Court’s decision to protect its government funding. “We are pleased that lower court rulings protecting patients remain in place,”Leana Wen, president of Planned Parenthood Federation of America, said in a statement published on Monday. “Every person has a fundamental right to healthcare, no matter who they are, where they live or how much they earn.”
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