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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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    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 | Daniel Davidson
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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 | Tyler O’Neil
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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 | Brynn Bennett
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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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    GOP Bill Protects Pro-Life Pregnancy Centers From Being Forced to Promote Abortion
    Republican lawmakers announced a bill Monday to prohibit federal and state governments from discriminating against pro-life pregnancy resource centers by requiring them to perform or encourage abortions.  The Let Pregnancy Care Centers Serve Act, co-sponsored by Rep. Chris Smith, R-N.J., and four of his Republican colleagues, would amend the Public Health Service Act to “prohibit…
    Moira Gleason
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    Trump May Freeze Millions in Funding for Planned Parenthood, Report Says
    The Trump administration will freeze approximately $20 million in funding for Planned Parenthood, The Wall Street Journal reported. According to the Journal, the administration will put on hold about $120 million in grant funding for “family planning” as it reviews whether recipients are in violation of President Donald Trump’s executive order banning diversity, equity, and…
    Elizabeth Troutman Mitchell
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    Supreme Court to Decide if States Can Withhold Medicaid Funding From Planned Parenthood
    The Supreme Court could soon strike a blow to America’s largest abortion provider. Amid growing concerns about the quality of care at Planned Parenthood facilities and the fact that taxpayer funding is going to facilities that provide abortions, the Supreme Court could effectively decide whether states can withhold taxpayer dollars from the organization in an…
    Moira Gleason
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    EXCLUSIVE: Senators Demand Documents on How Much COVID-19 Cash Planned Parenthood Illegally Received
    FIRST ON THE DAILY SIGNAL—Two U.S. senators are demanding documents from the Small Business Administration regarding how much COVID-19 relief aid Planned Parenthood chapters received. Sens. Joni Ernst, R-Iowa, and Rand Paul, R-Ky., sent the letter Friday to Kelly Loeffler, the SBA's administrator. The letter concerns funds from the Paycheck Protection Program, a creation of…
    Tyler O’Neil
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