By Bud Shaver,
Washington D.C. – On Thursday, June 26th the Supreme Court of the United States (SCOTUS) ruled 6-3 in favor of South Carolina defunding Planned Parenthood, the nation’s most prolific abortion provider.
According to the Guardian,
“The case, Medina v Planned Parenthood South Atlantic, centers around a 2018 executive order from South Carolina’s governor, Henry McMaster, that blocked clinics that provide abortions from receiving Medicaid reimbursements.”
At the time Governor McMaster stated,
“Payment of taxpayer funds to abortion clinics, for any purpose, results in the subsidy of abortion and the denial of the right to life.”
The Guardian continues,
“The case in front of the supreme court did not directly deal with the question of whether South Carolina could legally remove Planned Parenthood from Medicaid. Instead, the justices were asked to weigh in on a highly technical question: do Medicaid beneficiaries have the right to sue if they believe their right to a free choice of provider has been violated?
In a 6-3 decision joined by every member of the court’s conservative supermajority, the justices ruled that, essentially, individuals do not possess that ‘enforceable right’.”
Supreme Court Justice Neil Gorsuch who wrote in the majority opinion stated,
“The decision whether to let private plaintiffs enforce a new statutory right poses delicate questions of public policy. New rights for some mean new duties for others. And private enforcement actions, meritorious or not, can force governments to direct money away from public services and spend it instead on litigation.”
He concluded,
“The job of resolving how best to weigh those competing costs and benefits belongs to the people’s elected representatives, not unelected judges charged with applying the law as they find it.”
Steven Ertelt of Life News gives more clarity on the SCOTUS ruling,
“The high court’s ruling means that the state can direct Medicaid funding—funds intended to help low-income individuals obtain necessary medical assistance—to comprehensive health care rather than entities that exist primarily to perform abortions.”
Tara Shaver of Abortion Free New Mexico issued the following statement,
“Abortion Free New Mexico believes that the US Supreme Court has made the right decision on this ground breaking case. State Medicaid programs should never be forced to fund abortions, especially through Planned Parenthood, which is a nonprofit but always profits billions off the shedding of innocent blood through abortion. We’re prayerful that this sets a precedent for future rulings with regard to defunding other abortion businesses using taxpayer dollars, which is in violation of many taxpaying Americans moral consciences.”
JOIN US ON DEFUND DAY JUNE 28TH, 2025
Abortion Free New Mexico is hosting a demonstration Saturday June 28th in conjunction with several other protests all across the country urging the US Senate to pass President Trump’s “One Big Beautiful Bill” which has a provision in it to defund Planned Parenthood.
According to Planned Parenthood, the nation’s largest abortion provider, if this bill passes 200 of their locations face closure.
- Details here: PROTEST PLANNED PARENTHOOD JUNE 28TH
