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Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania
Coverage of Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania in the Nexus archive.
- Pennsylvania court strikes down ban on use of Medicaid funds for abortions
A Pennsylvania court ruled that the state’s constitution guarantees a right to abortion and struck down a decades-old law prohibiting Medicaid funds from covering abortion costs. The decision, a victory for abortion rights groups like Planned Parenthood, was issued by a divided seven-judge appellate panel.