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Medicaid abortion ban upheld by Pennsylvania Supreme Court
The Pennsylvania Supreme Court unanimously upheld the state ability to deny Medicaid funds for most abortions. The 7-0 ruling found the 1982 Abortion Control Act did not violate the state constitution, restricting funding to abortions to save the mother’s life or in rape or incest cases. Critics called the decision a setback for poor women while supporters said it could save unborn lives and reduce state payments.
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Associated Press
Harrisburg
State Supreme Court
Pennsylvania
Court
Kathryn Kolbert
Women’s Law Project
Philadelphia
Kolbert
Stephen Freind
Delaware
Department of Public Welfare
Freind
Dick Thornburgh
Thornburgh
U.S. Supreme Court