A federal judge has ordered Medicaid to continue paying Planned Parenthood after blocking a provision in President Donald Trump's Big, Beautiful Bill defunding the abortion giant, Breitbart reported. U.S. District Judge Indira Talwani, an appointee of former President Barack Obama, granted the preliminary injunction on Monday.
Taxpayers will continue to foot the bill for the abortion mill through Medicaid reimbursement while the litigation continues. Talwani decided that there was a risk of more babies being born, among other consequences, if Trump's defunding was allowed to stand while the courts hash out the issue.
“Patients are likely to suffer adverse health consequences where care is disrupted or unavailable. In particular, restricting Members’ ability to provide healthcare services threatens an increase in unintended pregnancies and attendant complications because of reduced access to effective contraceptives, and an increase in undiagnosed and untreated STIs," the judge wrote in her opinion.
The recent decision expanded last week's ruling that blocked part of the defunding based on the bill's wording about a "prohibited entity," which includes Planned Parenthood Federation affiliates that "do not provide abortions because of state law or those who received less than $800,000 in Medicaid reimbursements in 2023." The case will continue to make its way through the courts.
Trump signed his bill into law on July 4, which barred abortion providers from receiving reimbursement for one year. Although it was not mentioned by name in the bill, Planned Parenthood filed an injunction claiming that cutting off Medicaid funding would have "devastating effects" on its so-called treatment.
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Moreover, the organization said almost 200 of its abortion mills are "at risk of closure" because of the provision in the bill. Trump's Department of Health and Human Services countered their claims, pointing out that Planned Parenthood "has no right to taxpayer money" and that "the court should not invent such a right" in its decision.
"The Court should uphold Congress’s lawful exercise of its authority to decide to whom it will entrust taxpayers’ hard-earned dollars," the HHS filing said. Of course, Planned Parenthood is used to the open spigot that allows taxpayer dollars to freely flow to it, and they're not about to give up without a fight.
Planned Parenthood Federation of America's CEO and president, Alexis McGill Johnson, said the abortion giant was ready to continue its fight for what it calls "critical health care." HHS communications director Andrew Nixon responded that "[s]tates should not be forced to fund organizations that have chosen political advocacy over patient care."
The abortion debate has raged over the past half century in America over moral issues. Those who are pro-life feel it should be illegal, while the pro-abortion side has rabidly defended killing babies in the womb up until the moment of birth.
Within that also lies the issue of who should pay for these abortions, and many on the pro-life side have worked to keep taxpayer dollars out of Planned Parenthood coffers. The Hyde Amendment already prohibits abortion providers from receiving federal dollars except for cases of a child conceived in rape, incest, or when the life of the mother is threatened.
The logical argument is that a life is always a life, regardless of how it's created, which has led to the position that no federal money should pay for the slaughter of the unborn. Still, Planned Parenthood's annual report for 2023-2024 showed it killed 402,230 babies in the womb, which is an increase from the 392,715 reported the year before.
For its trouble, Planned Parenthood received an additional $100 million over the previous year and received a whopping $792.2 million in taxpayer dollars. Despite the current injunction, there may be hope yet that the defunding will stand as the Supreme Court ruled last month that South Carolina could block Medicaid funding to Planned Parenthood and said that the organization did not have civil rights protections under the law.
Abortion is a blight on humanity, and having taxpayers fund it makes the act all the more despicable. Trump has tried to do what he can to remedy the situation and right the wrong, but the courts have attempted to undo his progress at every turn, including this judge.
