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Pennsylvania court rules against abortion clinics, state can limit Medicaid funding for abortion

Pennsylvania Governor Tom Wolf speaks at the press conference in Harrisburg, Pa., on Oct. 29, 2020. | Flicker/Governor Tom Wolf A Pennsylvania court has ruled against a group of abortion clinics suing the state over a law that limits Medicaid funding for abortion. A seven-judge panel of the Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania ruled last week in the case of At issue in the lawsuit was Pennsylvania’s Abortion Control Act, which prohibits the use of state and federal funds for abortions, with exemptions for rape, incest, and life-threatening medical emergency for the mother.   President Judge Mary Hannah Leavitt authored the majority opinion, concluding that women enrolled in Medicaid, not the clinics, had the right to sue the state over the limits.

Pa court says state can limit Medicaid funding of abortion

Pennsylvania Governor Tom Wolf speaks at the press conference in Harrisburg, Pa., on Oct. 29, 2020. | Flicker/Governor Tom Wolf A Pennsylvania court has ruled against a group of abortion clinics suing the state over a law that limits Medicaid funding for abortion. A seven-judge panel of the Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania ruled last week in the case of At issue in the lawsuit was Pennsylvania’s Abortion Control Act, which prohibits the use of state and federal funds for abortions, with exemptions for rape, incest, and life-threatening medical emergency for the mother.   President Judge Mary Hannah Leavitt authored the majority opinion, concluding that women enrolled in Medicaid, not the clinics, had the right to sue the state over the limits.

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