Pennsylvania Judge Upholds Medicaid Abortion Coverage | Philadelphia News

Philadelphia News Today | 2 Min News | The Daily News Now! · Jul 22, 2026 · 1m

A Pennsylvania judge has sided with abortion providers, allowing Medicaid to resume funding for abortion services while the state’s Attorney General appeals a landmark ruling that declared reproductive autonomy a fundamental right. The decision overturns a decades-old law that restricted public funding to only life-threatening, rape, or incest cases, and the judge ruled that blocking access would violate constitutional protections and amount to sex-based discrimination. Despite the Attorney General’s claims that lifting the funding ban would increase abortions — a concern many taxpayers…