The U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday threw out a lower court ruling that blocked South Carolina from ending public funding to Planned Parenthood, giving the Republican-governed state one other likelihood to defend its bid to deprive the reproductive healthcare and abortion provider of authorities cash. The justices despatched the case back to the decrease court docket to rethink the case in light of their 7-2 ruling on June 8 in an analogous case from Indiana preserving a person’s right to sue government officials over alleged violations of rights created by federal programs that Congress enacts via its spending power, like the Medicaid health insurance program for the poor. The Richmond, Virginia-primarily based 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals had barred South Carolina from terminating funding to Planned Parenthood South Atlantic, the organization’s regional affiliate, under Medicaid, because the organization offers abortions. Planned Parenthood South Atlantic operates clinics in the South Carolina cities of Charleston and Columbia, the place it provides bodily exams, most cancers and different well being screenings, in addition to abortions.
