The Supreme Court on Wednesday agreed to take up South Carolina’s effort to cut off Medicaid funding to Planned Parenthood because it performs abortions.

South Carolina moved in 2018 to cut off funding to Planned Parenthood, which the company states it uses for family planning rather than abortions. Medicaid does not pay for abortion except in cases when a pregnant woman’s life is at risk, or the pregnancy is the result of rape or incest. The organization has said it gets less than $100,000 in South Carolina, one of many conservative states that sought to halt or reduce public funding for Planned Parenthood.

Lower courts blocked the move after a challenge from the organization and a patient, finding that federal law says patients may seek care at clinics of their own choosing.

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