Supporters of Planned Parenthood argue the state violated the Medicare and Medicaid Act of 1965, which states beneficiaries “may obtain” medical treatment from any qualified provider.

In opposing the case, the state of South Carolina has argued that Edwards didn’t have a right to sue in federal court. The lower courts sided with Edwards and Planned Parenthood—as have most federal circuit courts that have considered similar cases. So South Carolina appealed, all the way up to the Supreme Court.

The U.S. Supreme Court on April 2 will hear oral arguments in a case that involves Medicaid coverage for participants in South Carolina. Here's what's at stake.

During the oral arguments for Medina v. Planned Parenthood South Atlantic on Wednesday before the United States Supreme Court, Gov. Henry McMaster defended South Carolina's right to exclude abortion providers from the Medicaid program.

The Supreme Court will hear arguments in a South Carolina case over whether states can cut off Medicaid funding to Planned Parenthood

The U.S. Supreme Court is set on Wednesday to consider South Carolina's bid to strip Planned Parenthood of funding under the Medicaid program in a case that could bolster efforts by Republican-led states to deprive the reproductive healthcare and abortion provider of public money.

The Supreme Court on Wednesday grappled with a case testing whether South Carolina was legally allowed to cut off Medicaid funding for Planned Parenthood. South Carolina restricted Planned