The U.S. Supreme Court ruled Thursday that Planned Parenthood South Atlantic, the nonprofit's arm that covers South Carolina, can't sue the state over its closing off of the nonprofit's Medicaid fundi

The 6-3 ruling overturned a lower court’s decision barring Republican-governed South Carolina from terminating regional affiliate Planned Parenthood

The Supreme Court upheld South Carolina's bid to defund Planned Parenthood, ruling that Medicaid patients cannot sue to choose their provider. The court held in a 6-3 ruling along ideological lines, with the conservative justices in the majority.