A divided Supreme Court allowed states to cut off Medicaid money to Planned Parenthood in a ruling handed down Thursday amid a wider Republican-backed push to defund the country’s biggest abortion provider.

States can now block the country's largest abortion provider, Planned Parenthood, from receiving Medicaid money. The organization argues Medicaid pays for its patients' overall healthcare, and those funds already cannot be used to pay for abortions in most cases.

Los estados pueden impedir que el mayor proveedor de abortos del país, Planned Parenthood, reciba dinero de Medicaid para servicios de salud como