Supreme Court Won’t Hear Cases On Planned Parenthood In Medicaid

The Supreme Court declined Monday (Dec. 10) to hear a pair of cases about whether states can block Medicaid money from going to clinics that provide abortions. The court’s decision not to take the cases leaves in place two lower-court rulings that said states violate federal law if they try to exclude Planned Parenthood from their Medicaid programs. Monday’s decision also means that the Supreme Court -- at least for now -- will not clarify the extent to which Medicaid...