This story was originally published by the WND News Center.
Judges on a federal appeals court have ordered that the federal government can stop sending taxpayers' cash to the abortion giant Planned Parenthood … for now.
The ruling from the 1st Circuit Court of Appeals lifted two injunctions from a lower court activist judge, Indira Talwani, regarding parts of President Donald Trump's One Big Beautiful Bill Act.
That legislation, adopted by Congress and signed by the president, stopped funding for the abortion industry behemoth.
But Planned Parenthood sued, claiming it violates the Constitution for its operations not to be given taxpayer cash.
"We are pleased the 1st Circuit has shut down Big Abortion's desperate money grab," said SBA Pro-Life American chief Marjorie Dannenfelser.
"The American people, through Congress, spoke clearly with the One Big Beautiful Bill Act. Taxpayers should not be forced to spend a dime funding a brutal industry that ends at least 1.1 million lives a year, harms women while providing dwindling, substandard health care services, and engages in partisan political activism – especially when more accessible, more comprehensive options outnumber Planned Parenthoods 15 to 1. We are confident the Trump administration will prevail against the abortion industry's lawfare."
Talwani's fight to force taxpayers to pay Planned Parenthood millions of dollars a year involved several levels.
She "preliminarily enjoined" the Department of Health and Human Services and its secretary, along with the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services and the administrator — from "enforcing, retroactively enforcing, or otherwise applying" the federal law.
She also demanded that the government "take all steps necessary to ensure that Medicaid funding continues to be disbursed in the customary manner and time frames to Planned Parenthood…"
Those orders now have been suspended.
Talwani had gone even further in her pro-abortion campaign, demanding in a second ruling that funding for a specific Utah abortion business be funded.
"We conclude that defendants have met their burden to show their entitlement to a stay of the preliminary injunctions pending the disposition of their appeals of the same," the ruling said.
The appeals court ruling was a unanimous 3-0.
Talwani had argued for the abortionists' funding, claiming Planned Parenthood was targeted by a "bill of attainder," a law that declares a specifical person or group guilty.
She claimed Planned Parenthood was being singled out and unjustly punished and wildly suggested following a law adopted by Congress and signed by the president was a violation of the First Amendment.
The DHHS said, "Rarely if ever has an Act of Congress been enjoined on such flimsy grounds. The district court deemed the Medicaid funding restriction a bill of attainder. But the Supreme Court has only invalidated laws under the Bill of Attainder Clause five times in its history—on each occasion in cases involving extraordinary laws punishing groups such as Confederates and Communist Party members."
In fact, the government informed the appeals court it actually was Talwani whose acts were interfering with the authority held by Congress over federal spending and the president's responsibility to enforce the law.
Troy Newman, president of Operation Rescue, said, "We are thankful that Judge Talwani's shallow attempt to protect an organization that cares nothing for the American people, kills babies, and has defrauded Medicaid was uncovered and undone. Planned Parenthood is quickly running out of friends in high and dark places, and we praise God for it. Over 40 Planned Parenthoods have already closed – we expect that number to grow over the coming weeks, and we'll celebrate every one. Planned Parenthood never deserved one American dollar of taxpayer funds, and when abortion clinics close, babies are saved."
