Medina v. Planned Parenthood South Atlantic
U.S. Supreme Court · decided June 26, 2025 · Supreme Court Database (Spaeth)
- Decided
- June 26, 2025
- Term
- October Term 2024
- Vote
- 6–3
- Majority author
- Justice Gorsuch
- Issue area
- Civil Rights
- Disposition
- Reversed and remanded
- Outcome
- Petitioning party won
- Ideological direction
- Conservative
Opinion excerpt
PRELIMINARY PRINT Volume 606 U. S. Part 1 Pages 357–418 OFFICIAL REPORTS OF THE SUPREME COURT June 26, 2025 Page Proof Pending Publication REBECCA A. WOMELDORF reporter of decisions NOTICE: This preliminary print is subject to formal revision before the bound volume is published. Users are requested to notify the Reporter of Decisions, Supreme Court of the United States, Washington, D. C. 20543, pio@supremecourt.gov, of any typographical or other formal errors. OCTOBER TERM, 2024 357 Syllabus MEDINA, DIRECTOR, SOUTH CAROLINA DE- PARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SER- VICES v. PLANNED PARENTHOOD SOUTH ATLANTIC et al. certiorari to the united states court of appeals for the fourth circuit No. 23–1275. Argued April 2, 2025—Decided June 26, 2025 Congress created Medicaid in 1965 to subsidize state healthcare for fami- lies and individuals “whose income and resources are insuffcient to meet the costs of necessary medical services.” 42 U. S. C. §1396–1. Medicaid offers States “a bargain”: federal funds in exchange for compli- ance with congressionally imposed conditions. To participate in Medicaid, States must submit a “plan for medical assistance” satisfying over 80 conditions in § 1396a(a). If a State fails “to comply substan- tially” with any condition, the Secretary of Health and Human Services may withhold federal funding. § 1396c. This case involves the any- Pqaualgifeed-p…
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