Attorneys representing Planned Parenthood argued Wednesday that Congress cannot strip the nation's largest abortion provider of its Medicaid funding with the hope that doing so may result in fewer abortions.

“The only fact in the record is that when you defund Planned Parenthood members from providing non-abortion care, the result is an increase in abortions,” said Planned Parenthood attorney Alan Schoenfeld to the 1st Circuit Court of Appeals in Boston.

The arguments are the latest development in a legal battle over a spending law passed by Congress — and then signed into law by President Donald Trump in July — that ended Medicaid reimbursements for Planned Parenthood.

Under the tax and spending cut bill, organizations that provide both abortions and receive more than $800,000 a year i

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