State’s Bid to Cut Medicaid Funding to Planned Parenthood Hits Supreme Court

The U.S. Supreme Court may have turned the page on its previous role in ruling on national abortion policy, but it appears that the justices will still have a prominent part to play in the next chapter. On April 2, the court will hear a case that does not directly affect abortion law but could have significant implications for the nation’s largest abortion provider. At the heart of the case is the question of whether federal law unambiguously bestows Medicaid patients with the right to choose a specific provider. Planned Parenthood and the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals say it does....