Some major decisions on the future of reproductive rights and access to abortion are active in our courts right now. Some of these cases directly involve Planned Parenthood Federation of America, along with Planned Parenthood affiliates and health centers. All of them will have a profound impact on patients.
Here's what you need to know about some of the most important ongoing lawsuits happening now.
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Medina v. Planned Parenthood South Atlantic
What's it about?
This case threatens access to sexual and reproductive care for people with Medicaid coverage across the country.
Everyone deserves the right to receive health care from the qualified providers they trust -- that's why federal law protects Medicaid patients' right to choose their provider of sexual and reproductive health care. But South Carolina Governor Henry McMaster is trying to block patients from receiving care at Planned Parenthood health centers in his state.
To protect patients' rights, Planned Parenthood South Atlantic, along with a patient, sued to stop Governor McMaster's effort.
What's the latest?
Lower courts blocked the Medicaid exclusion and so Medicaid patients in South Carolina continue to receive reproductive care from Planned Parenthood health centers. But now the U.S. Supreme Court will decide if patients can sue in federal court when states like South Carolina violate their right to receive Medicaid care at the provider of their choice.
The Supreme Court will hear arguments in this case on April 2, 2025, with a decision likely in June.
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Missouri et al. v. FDA (formerly Alliance for Hippocratic Medicine v. FDA)
What's it about?
In June 2024, the U.S. Supreme Court said that the anti-abortion groups attempting to challenge the U.S. Food and Drug Administration's long-standing approval of the abortion pill mifepristone in Alliance for Hippocratic Medicine v. FDA lacked legal standing to sue.
But the threat to mifepristone is far from over. Now, Idaho, Missouri, and Kansas -- yes, including two states where the voters approved ballot measures protecting abortion access -- are continuing to try to force the FDA to re-implement unnecessary restrictions on mifepristone. That's despite the clear medical evidence that mifepristone is safe and effective.
What's the latest?
In January, U.S. District Judge Matthew Kacsmaryk issued an order that will allow the case (now Missouri et al. v. FDA) to continue in the Northern District of Texas -- despite the reality that Missouri, Kansas, and Idaho are famously not Texas.
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United States ex rel. Doe v. Planned Parenthood Federation of America
What's it about?
This is the $1.8 BILLION lawsuit filed by Texas politicians and an anonymous plaintiff that seeks to attack Planned Parenthood health centers for providing birth control, STI testing and treatment, cancer screenings, and more for patients who use Medicaid as their insurance.
The facts are clear: Planned Parenthood health centers deliver excellent care to Medicaid patients and follow the law by seeking reimbursements from the federal government for that care.
This is just one in a series of decades-long efforts to shut Planned Parenthood down and eliminate access to affordable sexual and reproductive health care across the country.
What's the latest?
This case is ongoing, but know this: Planned Parenthood will always do what we do best and stand up for patients and defend access to care, no matter what.
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Cases like these don't always get big news coverage -- but they will decide whether or not millions of people can get health care, and who gets to make decisions about our bodies and lives. Thank you for staying informed. We’ll follow up with more updates soon.
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