The case, a challenge to the state’s decision to exclude Planned Parenthood from Medicaid, turned on a specific question about the legal basis for Planned Parenthood’s claim.

In advance of the anniversary of the Court’s landmark decision, Bishop Thomas encouraged the faithful to advocate for greater protections for preborn children.

The U.S. Supreme Court June 16 remanded to the New York Court of Appeals the case of Diocese of Albany v. Harris.

Since January, several USCCB bishop chairmen have called for the protection of the dignity of life, and the poor and vulnerable.

The report showed Planned Parenthood received about $792.2 million in "Government Health Services Reimbursements & Grants" -- up more than $100 million over the previous year's report ($699.3 million).