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Planned Parenthood dropped its federal challenge to a 40-year-old Nevada law requiring abortionists to notify parents before performing abortions on minors as an appellate court allowed the law to go into effect this week.

While public support for abortion rights remains strong, the issue has become localized, losing prominence as a national political priority.

Planned Parenthood’s shifting rhetoric now concedes that point. The abortion giant’s legal position rests on a fiction: Funding for Planned Parenthood is entirely separable from abortion.

Planned Parenthood Gulf Coast is closing two clinics on Sept. 30 but said services will not be affected at four others in the Houston area.

In their challenge, Planned Parenthood and one of its patients had sought to use Section 1983 of the 1871 Civil Rights Act to enforce their right under the Medicaid Act to use "any qualified ...

While advocates focused on Planned Parenthood, the bill did not mention it by name. Instead, it cut off reimbursements for organizations that are primarily engaged in family planning services — which generally include things such as contraception, abortion and pregnancy tests — and received more than $800,000 from Medicaid in 2023.

(CNN) — The Supreme Court on Thursday blocked Planned Parenthood from suing South Carolina over the state’s decision to pull the organization’s Medicaid funding because it provides abortions. The decision could prompt other red states to target the organization and make it harder for Americans enrolled in the program to choose their doctor. The decision was yet another loss for Planned ...