The nonprofit is challenging a new law that bars its clinics from receiving federal money for any treatment, including birth control and checkups.

Nearly 30,000, or more than 40%, of Planned Parenthood of Illinois patients use Medicaid to access health care services at Planned Parenthood’s health centers, according to the organization.

The clinics have long been controversial, but in many parts of the state, they offer the quickest access to safety net care.

Alexis McGill Johnson, president and CEO of the Planned Parenthood Federation of America, called the measure a “big bad betrayal of a bill” in a Tuesday news call, and said the funding cuts in the bill “would make it harder, if not impossible, for everyone, everywhere to get an abortion.”

While the federal government has to continue allowing Planned Parenthood to receive Medicaid for at least the next two weeks, the organization is looking for state support to make up for expected federal cuts passed in President Donald Trump’s “big,