
Supreme Court divided over state effort to defund Planned Parenthood
Fox News
The Supreme Court is divided on whether funding for Planned Parenthood can be blocked by a state, a decision that carries the weight of a larger fight on abortion.
The specific issue is whether low-income Medicaid patients can sue in order to choose their own qualified healthcare provider. The federal-state program has shared responsibility for funding and administering it, through private healthcare providers. Shannon Bream currently serves as anchor of FOX News Sunday. She joined the network in 2007 as a Washington D.C- based correspondent covering the Supreme Court.
Federal law bans taxpayer money from going to fund almost all abortions, but Planned Parenthood also provides a range of other medical services with and without Medicaid subsidies, including gynecological care and cancer screenings.