Massachusetts Attorney General Andrea Joy Campbell issued the following statement in response to today’s ruling of the Supreme Court of the United States in Medina v. Planned Parenthood South Atlantic, which held that unfriendly states maintain a largely unreviewable power to discriminate against certain health care providers. This decision means many Medicaid recipients may not be able to access their first choice of coverage for reproductive care. 

"Choosing a healthcare provider should be left to a patient and should not be subject to government or political interference. While today’s decision will not affect reproductive choice or the delivery of health care in Massachusetts, it does allow other states to play politics with healthcare, including by penalizing reproductive health care providers. Today more than ever, patients need better access to health care and those who provide care need stronger protections from an increasingly weaponized political system." – AG Campbell