COLUMBIA, S.C. — Planned Parenthood is challenging South Carolina's right to restrict it from Medicaid funding and has issued an amended court filing to stop the state from trying to claw back some of the money given to it during a previous injunction.

The Aug. 21 motion seeks to amend an existing lawsuit, reviving an equal protection claim that was dismissed without prejudice in 2020. The motion alleges that it was specifically targeted in a state appropriations proviso that aims to keep Planned Parenthood from receiving any Medicaid funding, even for services other than abortion.

Previously, the organization alleged that South Carolina violated the 14th Amendment right to equal protection and the Medicaid Act by singling it out "without adequate justification." The constitutional claim

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