http://twitchy.com/samj/2025/06/26/scotus-rules-south-carolina-can-defund-planned-parenthood-n2414782
HUGE decision for the pro-life movement from SCOTUS this morning!
Charlie Kirk (@charliekirk11) ~ BREAKING: The Supreme Court has ruled in a 6-3 decision in the Medina v. Planned Parenthood case that state Medicaid programs can DEFUND Planned Parenthood.
Huge breakthrough for the cause of life. Planned Parenthood should absolutely NOT receive a dime of taxpayer money.
H/T: @ADFLegal which argued this case.
LifeNews.com (@LifeNewsHQ) ~ BREAKING: Supreme Court Rules South Carolina Can Defund Planned Parenthood
http://buff.ly/Jvk2GT4
From Life News:
The Supreme Court has ruled 6-3 that South Carolina has the right to defund the Planned Parenthood abortion business. The pro-life state wants to be able to block taxpayer funding for the abortion business under Medicaid, but the abortion company sued to block that action.
Today, the Supreme Court ruled South Carolina has the power to block funding. In the decision, written by Justice Neil Gorsuch, the Supreme Court said Medicaid laws do not give individuals the right to bring federal lawsuits against states.
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.
“[P]rivate enforcement does not always benefit the public, not least because it requires States to divert money and attention away from social services and toward litigation,” the court wrote in its opinion. “And balancing those costs and benefits poses a question of public policy that, under our system of government, only Congress may answer.”
Jonathan Turley (@JonathanTurley) ~ The big loser today is Planned Parenthood. The Court ruled in Medina that South Carolina could bar public funding and that there is a right to sue. The group said that this would have "catastrophic consequences," since one-third of its revenue comes from government funding ...
Jonathan Turley (@JonathanTurley) ~ ... The Court considered whether there is a private right of action for people to challenge South Carolina's decision to end Planned Parenthood's participation in the state's Medicaid program. The Court says no. Medicaid laws do not give an unambiguous right to bring a federal civil rights action.
And Planned Parenthood loses.
Ya' love to see it.
The essential American soul is hard, isolate, stoic, and a killer. It has never yet melted. ~ D.H. Lawrence
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