Supreme court rules lower court must hear case arguing decades-old law barring coverage for procedure should be overturned<\/p>\n
Pennsylvania\u2019s supreme court ruled on Monday that a lower court must hear a case challenging a ban on the use of government-funded healthcare to pay for abortions, raising hopes among reproductive rights advocates for an expansion of abortion access in the state and the establishment of a constitutional right to the procedure.<\/p>\n
The case, brought by abortion providers in the state, challenged a decades-old state law barring Medicaid from covering abortions, arguing that it should be overturned because it violates the broader rights guaranteed by the state constitution\u2019s Equal Rights Amendment.<\/p>\n
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