Though the case being heard inside was not centered on abortion, the scene outside the Supreme Court Wednesday morning seemed to focus squarely on the procedure. Those gathering outside the court ahead of and during oral arguments for Medina v.

South Carolina argues that federal Medicaid statutes give states the flexibility to determine qualified providers. It could topple the abortion juggernaught.

The Supreme Court announced it would hear a case involving South Carolina's attempt to strip Medicaid funding for Planned Parenthood in April.

Planned Parenthood is closing clinics and facing more financial strains as Republican control of Washington opens new avenues for weakening the abortion provider. The organization will go before the Supreme Court on Wednesday for a case that will help determine whether states can kick healthcare providers that offer abortions out of their Medicaid programs,

Planned Parenthood said that nine of its affiliates received notice that funding would be withheld under a program known as Title X, which has supported healthcare services for the poor since 1970.

The Trump administration on Tuesday froze $35 million in family planning, sexual, and reproductive health funding. The “Abortion, Every Day” newsletter reports that the move, which targets funding under Title X,

The Supreme Court appeared divided Wednesday in a case over whether states should be able cut off Medicaid funding to Planned Parenthood in arguments that come amid a wider push from abortion opponents to defund the nation’s leading abortion provider.

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.

Reproductive health provider Planned Parenthood said on Monday the Trump administration would cut federal family planning funding as of Tuesday, affecting birth control, cancer screenings and other services for low-income people.