The Supreme Court is allowing South Carolina to cut off Medicaid funding to Planned Parenthood, a win for pro-lifers that will clear the way for red states across the country to stop taxpayer dollars from funding abortion.

The justices ruled 6-3 along ideological lines Thursday to permit South Carolina to cut off Medicaid funding for Planned Parenthood. Justice Neil Gorsuch wrote the majority opinion for the Court, siding with the state against a private challenge brought by the abortion provider and a patient.

South Carolina stopped allowing Planned Parenthood to participate in its Medicaid program in 2018 because of state law barring the public funding of abortion. The move was immediately blocked in court in response to a challenge brought by Julie Edwards, a South Carolina woman who claimed she preferred Planned Parenthood for gynecological care and needed Medicaid coverage.

Preventing the government from funding abortions is a longtime priority of the pro-life movement. In it most recent annual report, Planned Parenthood said it received $800 million of taxpayer funding, more than $2 million a day, as it performed a record number of abortions.

Republican lawmakers are seeking to defund Planned Parenthood nationally in the “big, beautiful” budget bill currently before the Senate. The Hyde Amendment prohibits federal funds from going towards abortion, but getting Planned Parenthood off Medicaid would ensure the pro-abortion organization no longer receives taxpayer dollars. The Senate parliamentarian is still reviewing the Republican provision to defund Planned Parenthood to determine whether it is permissible in the budget reconciliation process being used for the megabill.

Planned Parenthood has claimed that cutting off taxpayer funds would lead to the closure of up to a third of its brick-and-mortar clinics, potentially making it more difficult for low income women to receive healthcare.

But for every Planned Parenthood clinic in the U.S., there are 15 federally funded clinics offering women’s healthcare, according to a report from the pro-life Charlotte Lozier Institute. If Medicaid does not reimburse Planned Parenthood clinics anymore, patients can go elsewhere to receive reimbursements for treatment.