"Pennsylvania Supreme Court Signals Support for Challenging Medicaid Abortion Limits"

Pennsylvania's Supreme Court has revived a case challenging the constitutionality of a decades-old state law that limits the use of Medicaid dollars to cover the cost of abortions, a major victory for Planned Parenthood and abortion clinic operators. The decision paves the way for a potential right to abortion in Pennsylvania's constitution and requires a lower court to reconsider the case under a more stringent constitutional standard. The lawsuit argues that the 1982 law unconstitutionally discriminates against poor women, and the high court's majority suggests that the Pennsylvania Constitution may secure the fundamental right to reproductive autonomy.