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    Planned Parenthood Does Not Provide ‘Care.’ Its Defunding Was Long Overdue.

    One day, a young woman named Sarah walked through the doors of the pregnancy center I help run and told me she wanted an abortion.  As we talked, it became clear that while Sarah didn’t truly want to end her pregnancy, she believed it was her only option. She had fought hard to escape a…
    Rebekah Cohen Morris
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    Ohio Judge Undermines Women’s Health in Abortion Pill Decision, Pro-Life Group Says

    An Ohio court endangered women’s health in siding with the abortion lobby in a case about abortion pills, Ohio Right to Life warned Wednesday. The Hamilton County Court of Common Pleas issued a preliminary injunction Tuesday, preventing the state from applying a law allowing only doctors to provide chemical abortion pills. The court blocked Ohio…
    Rebecca Downs
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    Sorry, Planned Parenthood. Congress Doesn’t Have to Give You a Dime.

    When the Founders wrote the Constitution, they unambiguously gave Congress control over federal spending. But Planned Parenthood is now suing the federal government in denial of this fact—claiming the Constitution requires the federal government to give money to organizations that are abortion providers. Article 1, Section 9, Clause 7 of the Constitution plainly states: “No…
    Terence Jeffrey
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    What You Need to Know About the Judge Protecting Planned Parenthood’s Funding From One Big, Beautiful Bill

    The Massachusetts federal judge who temporarily secured taxpayer dollars for Planned Parenthood after the “One Big, Beautiful Bill” defunding of the nation’s largest abortion provider has a career steeped in progressive politics and controversial rulings.  U.S. District Judge Indira Talwani of the District of Massachusetts imposed a temporary restraining order Monday directing the Department of…
    Fred Lucas
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    Judge Tries to Require Planned Parenthood Funding

    The Left has long looked to unelected bureaucrats and judges, rather than elected legislators, to get its way. Having failed to elect a Democrat president or Congress, they are hoping Democrat-appointed judges will block executive orders and statutes that they don’t like. Rogue judges participating in this scheme are eroding the judiciary’s integrity and undermining…
    Thomas Jipping
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    Judge Defies Congress, Trump on Planned Parenthood Funding

    A judge has temporarily prevented President Donald Trump from revoking Medicaid funding for Planned Parenthood, after both chambers of Congress passed the One Big Beautiful Bill Act defunding the abortion giant and the president signed it into law. Obama-appointee U.S. District Judge Indira Talwani’s temporary restraining order lasts just two weeks. It directs the Department…
    Elizabeth Troutman Mitchell
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    • Opinion

    Supreme Court Lets South Carolina Ban Abortion Clinics from Medicaid

    On Thursday, the Supreme Court ruled in Medina v. Planned Parenthood South Atlantic to uphold South Carolina’s strategy for protecting taxpayers from subsidizing abortion through Medicaid. This case reveals how abortion advocates try to force taxpayers to subsidize their agenda—and how pro-life states can respond. Congress’ power to “provide for the… general welfare” is often…
    Thomas Jipping
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    Supreme Court Rules Whether States Can Block Planned Parenthood From Receiving Medicaid Funding

    The Supreme Court ruled against Planned Parenthood Thursday, handing a significant win to the pro-life movement.   In the case Medina v. Planned Parenthood South Atlantic, the justices ruled, 6-3, that South Carolina can legally block Planned Parenthood facilities from receiving Medicaid funding.   Justice Neil Gorsuch wrote the majority opinion, in which Chief Justice…
    Virginia Allen
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    How Easy Is It to Order an Abortion Pill? The Answer Is Shocking.

    DAILY CALLER NEWS FOUNDATION: In as little as five minutes, the Daily Caller News Foundation was able to easily order abortion pills opponents argue are unsafe without a doctor adequately verifying key eligibility requirements. Groups that launched online services after the U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved mail-order abortions will provide the pill under circumstances…
    Katelynn Richardson
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    Is Britain About to Legalize Abortion Until Birth?

    Britain soon could pass the most extreme abortion law Europe has ever seen. Members of Parliament have proposed amendments that would legalize abortion up until the moment of birth. The amendments could also allow for sex-selective abortions and would take away the ability to prosecute abusers who harm unborn children, according to the Society for…
    Quinn Delamater
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    House-Passed Budget Bill Defunds Planned Parenthood

    House Republicans delivered on their promise to defund Big Abortion on Thursday by passing the budget reconciliation bill that has consumed Washington’s attention for the past three months. In the bill, the House GOP removed Medicaid funding for Planned Parenthood, the largest provider of abortions in the country. The effort had been supported by dozens of…
    Jacob Adams
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    EXCLUSIVE: RFK Jr. Urged to Make Good on Commitment to Review Safety of Abortion Pill

    FIRST ON THE DAILY SIGNAL—A conservative think tank is seeking to hold Secretary of Health and Human Services Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to his commitment to review the safety and efficacy of the abortion pill. “I’ve asked Marty Makary, who’s the director of [the Food and Drug Administration], to do a complete review, and to…
    Elizabeth Troutman Mitchell
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    Abortion, Government Funding for Planned Parenthood at an All-Time High

    Planned Parenthood released its latest annual report the day after Mother’s Day. For 2023-2024, abortions are at an all-time high. So is government funding. Nearly three years after the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade and many states enacted strong pro-life protections, business is still booming. Congress and President Donald Trump can take action—but will…
    Melanie Israel
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    State Legislators From Across Country Urge End to Federal Funds for Planned Parenthood

    More than 180 pro-life state legislators from 49 states have sent a letter to congressional leaders urging them to end Planned Parenthood’s receipt of federal funds. The letter comes as Congress is considering restricting, through the budget reconciliation process, federal dollars from going to the nation’s largest abortion provider. “We’re absolutely making it clear to…
    Jacob Adams
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    Federal Judge Permanently Enjoins Equal Employment Opportunity Commission Abortion Regulation for Catholic Business Group

    Catholic businesses may not be forced to subsidize abortions or fertility treatments, ruled federal Judge Daniel Traynor, a Donald Trump appointee to the District Court of North Dakota, on Tuesday. Traynor granted 9,000 Catholic businesses a permanent injunction against an Equal Employment Opportunity Commission rule requiring employers to provide abortion-related leave and other practices contrary to these…
    Joshua Arnold
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    Can States Nix Medicaid Dollars for Abortion Clinics? Supreme Court Justices Appear Divided

    The U.S. Supreme Court heard oral arguments last week in Medina v. Planned Parenthood South Atlantic, a case with enormous consequences for federalism and the future of public funding for abortion. The question before the justices: Does the Medicaid Act of 1965 give Medicaid recipients the right to sue states in federal court when those…
    Sarah Parshall Perry
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    Trump Pauses Federal Funding for Some Planned Parenthood Facilities

    The Trump administration is following through on its promise to withhold funding from abortion provider Planned Parenthood.  Nine Planned Parenthood regional affiliates received notice Monday that the federal funding they were receiving through the law known as Title X is being temporarily withheld, according to a report from Politico. The administration is looking into possible…
    Moira Gleason
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    Supreme Court Case Could Allow States to Strip Medicaid Funding from Planned Parenthood

    Praise and worship music clashed with shouts of “Abortion is health care” as pro-life protesters and abortion supporters rallied outside the United States Supreme Court Wednesday during oral arguments in a case that could decide whether states can disqualify Planned Parenthood from receiving Medicaid reimbursements.  When South Carolina Gov. Henry McMaster disqualified Planned Parenthood from…
    Moira Gleason
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    I Worked at Planned Parenthood for 15 Years—Here’s Why It Shouldn’t Get Taxpayer Dollars

    Do states have the right to refuse to give taxpayer dollars to Planned Parenthood and other abortion facilities within their borders? As someone who worked at Planned Parenthood for more than 15 years and who knows what they do with that money, I can say unequivocally that they should have that right. One of the…
    Mayra Rodriguez
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    Lawmakers, Pro-Lifers Call for Defunding Planned Parenthood Via Reconciliation 

    When Toni McFadden was a senior in high school, she walked through the doors of a Planned Parenthood clinic hoping to escape her unplanned pregnancy and return to life as normal.   But the abortion pills they gave her didn’t work. One month later, she experienced severe hemorrhaging owing to complications and received no help…
    Moira Gleason
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