Praise and worship music clashed with shouts of “Abortion is health care” as pro-life protesters and abortion supporters rallied outside the United States Supreme Court Wednesday during oral arguments in a case that could decide whether states can disqualify Planned Parenthood from receiving Medicaid reimbursements. 

When South Carolina Gov. Henry McMaster disqualified Planned Parenthood from receiving taxpayer funding under the state’s Medicaid program in 2018, the abortion provider filed a federal lawsuit, and a district court forced the state to restore the funding. Medicaid is a health insurance program for the poor that is jointly funded with state and federal taxpayer dollars. 

In this case, Medina v. Planned Parenthood South Atlantic, South Carolina, represented by the Christian law firm Alliance Defending Freedom, is asking the court to affirm its ability to direct taxpayer funding away from abortion providers like Planned Parenthood. 

“Americans should not be forced to fund activist organizations like Planned Parenthood that perform abortions and provide dangerous gender-transition drugs to minors,” legal counsel for Alliance Defending Freedom Gabriella McIntyre told The Daily Signal outside the court.  

“States should be able to direct their limited taxpayer funds to real health........

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