Susan B. Anthony Pro-Life America
Washington, D.C. – This morning the U.S. Supreme Court delivered a major win for babies and their mothers in Medina v. Planned Parenthood South Atlantic, clearing the way for South Carolina and other states to stop funding big abortion businesses like Planned Parenthood in their Medicaid programs.
South Carolina’s victory marks a meaningful step forward in the fight to stop forced taxpayer funding of the abortion industry. It offers a glimpse of what can be achieved nationwide with congressional passage of the One Big Beautiful Bill, which would defund big abortion businesses in Medicaid through the budget reconciliation process. Although the Hyde Amendment and similar policies in the majority of states prevent taxpayer dollars from being spent on most abortions, abortion businesses – like Planned Parenthood – still receive hundreds of millions of dollars from taxpayers each year, freeing them to spend donations on abortion on demand, partisan politics and litigation instead of health care.
Charlotte Lozier Institute, the research and education arm of SBA Pro-Life America, filed an amicus brief in the case demonstrating Planned Parenthood’s commitment to increasing their share of the abortion market while the number of actual health care services they provide has steadily decreased. In its latest annual report, Planned Parenthood boasted of more than 400,000 abortions in a single year while taxpayer funding hit a record high of nearly $800 million.
Susan B. Anthony Pro-Life America Director of Legal Affairs and Policy Counsel Katie Daniel praised the ruling:
“By rejecting Planned Parenthood’s lawfare, the Court not only saves countless unborn babies from a violent death and their mothers from dangerously shoddy ‘care,’ it also protects Medicaid from exposure to thousands of lawsuits from unqualified providers that would jeopardize the entire program. Pro-life Republican leaders are eliminating government waste and prioritizing Medicaid for those who need it most – women, children, the poor, people with disabilities. Planned Parenthood was rightly disqualified. Multi-billion-dollar abortion businesses are not entitled to an unending money grab that forces taxpayers to fund America’s #1 cause of death: abortion.”
SBA Pro-Life America President Marjorie Dannenfelser celebrated the ruling, saying:
“Planned Parenthood’s taxpayer-funded gravy train is swiftly coming to an end. Its days of posing as a ‘trusted health care provider’ are over as the truth is exposed – most recently, by revelations of botched procedures, open sewage and other horrifying conditions at their facilities across America and the tragic death of yet another young woman following a late-term abortion. The profit-driven abortion industry isn’t merely uninterested in fixing these systemic issues, the Planned Parenthood organization actually forbids donor funds from being spent on quality health care, funneling millions into political activism and litigation instead. Women, children and families deserve so much better – and with community health centers that offer comprehensive care outnumbering Planned Parenthoods 15 to one, women have real choices.
“We are so thankful for leaders like Gov. Henry McMaster who never stop fighting for the pro-life values of the people. Now it’s time for Congress to finish what they’ve started. Only Congress can address the forced funding of Big Abortion to the tune of half a billion a year in federal Medicaid taxpayer dollars. The Democrats’ lies about the sky falling don’t hold water. It’s time to pass the One Big Beautiful Bill to stop forced taxpayer funding of the big abortion industry.”
Earlier this year the South Carolina GOP sent a letter to Republicans statewide calling out Planned Parenthood, which gets nearly 40% of its overall revenue from taxpayers: “Despite this substantial financial support, the organization continues to demand more taxpayer dollars while funneling millions into political campaigns that promote its radical pro-abortion agenda.”
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