Medina v. Planned Parenthood South Atlantic
5-4
Prologue Projects
4.5 • 3.7K Ratings
🗓️ 26 August 2025
⏱️ 49 minutes
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Summary
Federal law says that Medicaid recipients have the right to choose their healthcare provider. One problem, though–what if a Medicaid recipient chooses to go to Planned Parenthood to get healthcare? In that case, federal law doesn’t really say what it means. Federal law is silly like that sometimes!
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| 0:00.0 | We'll hear argument this morning in case 231275, Medina v. Planned Parenthood South Atlantic. |
| 0:09.8 | Hey, everyone. This is Leon from Prologue Projects. On this episode of 5 to 4, Peter, Riannon, and Michael are talking about Medina v. Planned Parenthood, South Atlantic. |
| 0:22.4 | A case from earlier this year about a Medicaid recipient's right to choose their health care provider. In 2018, South |
| 0:27.9 | Carolina excluded Planned Parenthood from its Medicaid coverage. Julie Edwards, a resident of South |
| 0:33.2 | Carolina, filed the lawsuit against the state, claiming that her civil rights were violated because |
| 0:37.8 | the state denied her the freedom to choose her health care provider as stated under federal |
| 0:41.8 | Medicaid law. Supreme Court ruled that Edwards did not have the right to sue the state to begin with. |
| 0:47.6 | The U.S. Supreme Court today sided with South Carolina. ruling Planned Parenthood in one of its |
| 0:52.0 | patients could not sue over that state's effort to deny it Medicaid funds. |
| 0:56.5 | The ruling paves the way for other states to more easily cut off funding to abortion care providers. |
| 1:02.0 | This is 5 to 4, a podcast about how much the Supreme Court sucks. |
| 1:10.0 | Welcome to 5 to 4, where we dissect and analyze the Supreme Court cases that have occupied our Constitution, like the National Guard, occupying Washington, D.C. |
| 1:20.4 | I'm Peter. I'm here with Michael. |
| 1:23.1 | Hey, everybody. |
| 1:24.3 | And Riannon. |
| 1:25.1 | Hello. Good morning. Right now it's morning. |
| 1:28.4 | Usually we're behind the news cycle, but I imagine this will still be happening. |
| 1:31.2 | Yeah. |
| 1:32.0 | Oh, yeah. |
| 1:32.6 | When this comes out. |
| 1:33.8 | By the time this is out, not only will they be there, but according to Marisa Cabus, |
| 1:40.3 | I don't know how to pronounce her name, at the handbasket. They will be carrying guns. |
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