Planned Parenthood has asked a judge to overturn the Missouri health department’s newly published emergency rule governing complication plans for medication abortions. The organization also sued Missouri Attorney General Andrew Bailey over his cease and desist order.

The Supreme Court appeared divided Wednesday over whether states should be able cut off Medicaid funding to Planned Parenthood, a case that comes amid a wider push from abortion opponents to defund th

The court will decide whether Medicaid beneficiaries may sue to receive services under a law that lets them choose any qualified provider.

The US Supreme Court heard arguments on Wednesday over a move by the state of South Carolina to eliminate funding for Planned Parenthood because the reproductive health organization provides abortions.

Justices heard arguments in a closely watched case that could determine whether Medicaid patients have the right to sue if a state disqualifies a provider.

Conservative U.S. Supreme Court justices appeared sympathetic on Wednesday to 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.

Several key conservatives on the Supreme Court left open the possibility on Wednesday that they could side with Planned Parenthood in a dispute with South Carolina over its decision to yank that organization’s Medicaid funding because it provides abortions.

Protesters supporting Planned Parenthood at the Supreme Court on Wednesday were mostly surprised to hear about the

Planned Parenthood state affiliates said they were notified that the funding they receive under the Title X family-planning program would be temporarily frozen.

Planned Parenthood funding freeze could impact Oklahomans

Title X is a federal grant program created to provide family planning and preventive health services to low-income people.

Organizations that receive the funding say that even a delay jeopardizes access to cancer screenings, contraception, and sexually transmitted infection services.

The Supreme Court appeared divided Wednesday over whether states should be able cut off Medicaid funding to Planned Parenthood.