Victory for abortion rights groups as court finds state\u2019s constitution guarantees a right to abortion<\/p>\n
A Pennsylvania court on Monday said that the state\u2019s constitution guarantees a right to abortion while striking down a decades-long law banning the use of state Medicaid funds to cover abortion costs.<\/p>\n
The ruling by a divided seven-judge panel of the appellate-level commonwealth court is a major victory for Planned Parenthood and abortion clinic operators who first sued Pennsylvania over its Medicaid funding restrictions in 2019.<\/p>\n
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