A ruling by the Supreme Court made on the second to last day of its term will have major implications for Planned Parenthood. The court ruled for South Carolina yesterday in its effort to defund the reproductive health care group, concluding Medicaid patients cannot sue the state over its attempt to deny Planned Parenthood Medicaid funding. The ruling was along ideological lines with all six conservative justices backing the decision and the three liberal judges opposing it.Let's bring in senior Supreme Cou ...

Today, the conservative majority on the United States Supreme Court ruled that states can effectively defund Planned Parenthood, the country's largest provider of reproductive health care. In a 63 ruling, the court changed federal law allowing states to unilaterally cut off all Medicaid funding from Planned Parenthood simply on the basis that it provides abortion care. Now, to be clear, abortion makes up only 3%. Abortion care only makes up 3% of Planned Parenthood services.It is a crucial 3% but it's 3%. T ...