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How the Supreme Court Could Gut Planned Parenthood

What Next | Daily News and Analysis

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🗓️ 2 April 2025

⏱️ 29 minutes

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Summary

On Wednesday, the Supreme Court is hearing oral arguments in Medina v. Planned Parenthood South Atlantic, a case that will determine whether South Carolina can cut Medicaid funding to Planned Parenthood. But with clear legal precedent stating that they can’t, how did this case even end up before the Supreme Court? And, given how far the court has gone to accommodate the MAGA agenda, is the outcome of this case in doubt? Guest: Ian Millhiser, senior correspondent at Vox.  Want more What Next? Join Slate Plus to unlock full, ad-free access to What Next and all your  other favorite Slate podcasts. You can subscribe directly from the What Next show page on Apple Podcasts and Spotify. Or, visit slate.com/whatnextplus to get access wherever you listen. Podcast production by Elena Schwartz, Paige Osburn, Anna Phillips, Madeline Ducharme, Ethan Oberman, and Rob Gunther. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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So, Ian, how long is the governor of South Carolina, Henry McMaster, been trying to block Planned Parenthood from receiving funding?

0:45.0

Quite a while now, I believe, since 2018.

0:51.8

Ian Milheiser reports on courts and the law over at Fox.

0:56.9

And before we got into Governor McMaster's bid to ban Medicaid recipients from going to

1:01.9

Planned Parenthood, Ian wanted to make one thing very clear.

1:08.4

It is not something he is allowed to do. There is a federal law that says that if you are

1:16.2

a Medicaid recipient, then you're allowed to choose your own doctor. And McMaster is claiming that he

1:25.8

has the power to cut off Medicaid funds to plan parenthood.

1:30.1

And again, that's just not something that he can do.

1:33.9

But that has not stopped South Carolina from trying.

1:38.4

And this week, at long last, the Supreme Court is going to consider whether South Carolina is right. This case that is now before the Supreme Court is going to consider whether South Carolina is right.

1:46.0

This case that is now before the Supreme Court, it's called Medina v. Planned Parenthood, South Atlantic,

1:53.9

has been through a number of twists and turns.

1:56.7

It's gone up to the Fourth Circuit, which is the intermediate appeals court that hears

2:03.9

cases out of South Carolina at least two or three times now.

2:09.0

The Fourth Circuit keeps saying, nope, you can't do it.

2:11.2

The statute says what it says.

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