Supreme Court Takes Planned Parenthood Suit Against S.C.
The Supreme Court on Wednesday is set to hear arguments in Planned Parenthood's lawsuit over South Carolina's efforts to bar clinics that offer abortion services from the state's Medicaid program, Axios reports.
"You've got roughly 200 publicly funded healthcare clinics in South Carolina that provide a broad range of high-quality healthcare services, including family-planning services," John Bursch, an attorney with the conservative legal group the Alliance Defending Freedom who will argue on behalf of South Carolina before the Supreme Court, told CBS News in an interview.
"South Carolina is entitled to decide that there are better options, and that's exactly what it's done," he added.
Planned Parenthood and its supporters argue that the case is about more than just abortion access and could affect the rights of Medicaid enrollees to obtain care.