• Home
  • News
    • Business
    • Crime / Courts
    • Health / Medicine
    • Legislature
    • Politics / Govt
  • Sports
    • The Bill Pollock Show
  • Contact Us
    • Reporters
  • Affiliates
    • Affiliate Support

Missourinet

Your source for Missouri News and Sports

You are here: Home / Crime / Courts / Missouri Supreme Court rules Legislature unconstitutionally stripped Medicaid funding to Planned Parenthood

Missouri Supreme Court rules Legislature unconstitutionally stripped Medicaid funding to Planned Parenthood

June 30, 2020 By Alisa Nelson

The state Supreme Court has ruled today the Missouri Legislature violated the Constitution when lawmakers blocked Medicaid funding to Planned Parenthood. The Republican-controlled General Assembly’s budget writing tactic has defunded the organization more than $1 million since 2018. In the 6-1 high court decision, Judge Zel Fischer was the only one siding with the state in the case.

Missouri Supreme Court rules Legislature unconstitutionally stripped Medicaid funding to Planned Parenthood

During a December court hearing about the case, attorney Chuck Hatfield, who represented Planned Parenthood, said Republican lawmakers do not want to give funding to doctors affiliated with Planned Parenthood. He said the Legislature cannot pick and choose which Medicaid providers it is going to give the funding to.

Missouri Solicitor General D. John Sauer argued that lawmakers went by the book.

Planned Parenthood has 11 clinics in Missouri, but the St. Louis location is the only one that provides abortions. The locations offer other services to low-income Missourians, including birth control and cancer, diabetes, high blood pressure and cholesterol screenings.

Copyright © 2020 · Missourinet

Share this:

  • Facebook
  • Twitter

Filed Under: Business, Crime / Courts, Health / Medicine, Legislature, News Tagged With: Chuck Hatfield, Missouri legislature, Missouri Solicitor General D. John Sauer, Missouri Supreme Court, planned parenthood

Subscribe to our daily newsletter


Tweets by Missourinet

Sports

Missouri State earns bearth into FCS Football Playoffs

For the … [Read More...]

Salvy’s blast sparks Royals past Blue Jays

Brady … [Read More...]

Cardinals offense shut down by Nola in loss to Phillies

Aaron Nola … [Read More...]

Mizzou soccer coach Bryan Blitz steps down

Bryan … [Read More...]

Palou takes INDYCAR opener; Bowman takes Richmond; Verstappen over Hamilton in F1.

By Bob … [Read More...]

More Sports

Tweets by missourisports

Archives

Opinion/Editorials

TwitterFacebook

Copyright © 2021 · Learfield News & Ag, LLC