A federal judge upheld efforts by Texas and Louisiana to deny taxpayer funding to the Planned Parenthood national abortion chain, even as federal taxpayer funding breaks new records.
“The Fifth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals overruled a district court’s preliminary injunction preventing the exclusion of Planned Parenthood from Medicaid funding. The court of appeals ruled in an 11-5 majority that Planned Parenthood did not have the right to challenge the state’s decisions regarding who receives Medicaid benefits,” The Washington Free Beacon reports.
Officials in Texas and Louisiana banned the abortion chain from receiving funding from Medicaid programs run by those states, citing undercover videos showing the corporation was illegally selling tissue from aborted children. Planned Parenthood sued in 2017 to restore access to the funds.
The ruling comes as federal taxpayer funding to Planned Parenthood hit record highs in 2019.
“Planned Parenthood reported a record-high number of abortions and government funding for 2018-2019, despite encountering a wave of Republican-led measures designed to restrict resources and access to the controversial procedure,” Fox News reported in January 2020.
“(T)he annual report shows the group received $617 million in taxpayer funds for the fiscal year ending in June. That number represented roughly 37 percent of its overall funding and about a 9 percent increase from the previous year.”
The report revealed that Planned Parenthood’s private donations and revenues were dropping, with the record amount of taxpayer funding keeping the abortion chain alive.
Planned Parenthood has since withdrawn from one major Medicaid program over language preventing taxpayer funding to clinics that refer women for abortions, but even without those funds, federal taxpayer cash to the abortion chain could still be higher than it was under Barack Obama.
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Michael Brigham
Michael Brigham has written for American Action News since the summer of 2019. His areas of expertise include foreign affairs, government, and politics, but regardless of the subject matter, he has a nose and an insatiable appetite for news. In his free time, he enjoys reading nonfiction, watching a mix of comedies and true crime documentaries, and spending time away from the swamp hiking in the foothills of the Appalachian Mountains.
Why taxpayers should be paying any of this murder tax is beyond any human comprehension. If those who are pro-choice want this evil institution to continue then let them pay with their money but those of us who are Pro Life, should have the right to “withdraw” from the tax plan!
… To the ‘planned parenthood’ advocates… You should thank your Lord God, who you don’t believe in, that YOUR mothers didn’t believe in ‘pro-choice’ at that time and abort you…
Ur on the money….those creeps of all the nerve! They should burn in hell along with the swamp!
I agree with this court ruling!
I wholeheartedly agree with the court decision concerning Planned parenthood. This organization is nothing but a slaughterhouse for innocent children . Those wishing and wanting for such organizations to continued on the onslaught of murdering children should pay for that type of heinous activities not at the expense of taxpayers who are against abortion .
Time to put planned parenthood out of slaughtering our children and demeaning the true nature of womanhood .
Plan parenthood should be put out of business all together and thus saving all those innocent baby lives!
The only abortions I agree with are incest and rape if proven. In that case the courts would have to move at a much faster pace with a court ruling ASAP so not to traumatize the females and some males sadly. There’s women that are on Medicaid that will just go and abort because they forget the pill or trying to trap a man or whatever reason they have. If they’re on Medicaid they can get the pill. There have been several abortions with one female and I’m against that completely. I agree with this judge.
My point about men here is mute with this subject. But that’s what I get when I have a bad headache. Going to lie down now…..
I would like to ask you to think deeply about this. Remember that baby didn’t have a choice who it’s father was. God may(does) have purpose for that child. There are so many people that would love a baby and they can be adopted if the mother can’t ir work keep them.
I have a different view.
Life begins at conception, To me it doesn’t matter how fast the courts move Unless you’re speaking about the sick Perpetrators. The faster they are convicted the better. .i agree.
Also, I realize your disdain with incest & rape. My exact sentiments. However, the child is an innocent bystander . The child, ,having no involvement with these heinous acts, is paying the ultimate price.
There are so many families with good homes & would do anything to adopt.
There is no place for the govenment with this. The government should be out of it, and that means no money supporting this from tax payers. If Planned Parenthood wants to continue supporting this, they should raise money for it from people who support it .The choice should be with the women. Peroid!
God Bless Texas and Louisiana. And God Bless this judge.
I do NOT want one cent of my tax money spent on an abortion! Do NOT kill babies with government money! Please. If they don’t want their baby, give it to someone who wants it! Let it be adopted
Plan Parenthood should be totally defunded and put out of bussiness.
(un)Planned Parenthood (prevention) is not a charitable organization. They make big bucks. They donate some of their profit to democrat politicians. Why should we taxpayers be providing them with additional funds to murder babies? And the services they provide can be obtained elsewhere.
To have or not to have sex is a choice. Aborting an unborn human life is not a choice.
I applaud the ruling!!
God bless and protect that judge!!
We need to be looking past what this article claims is a ‘victory’. The budget (either Federal or State) is a product of the Legislative and Executive branches of Gov’t. The Judicial Branch has NOTHING to say about it. The district court judge that made the first ruling needs to be thrown off the bench for attempting to interfere in something that he/she has no role in.
Good! Why would our Creator ever be okay with murdering innocent Children. Doesn’t our body and soul belong to him? So why would prochoice come into play after conception? Before you decide have sex, you have the choice to wear Protection or not have sex. But not after if you are choosing to be unprotected. And if you choose to be in a rough crowd and bad happens to you, that is the collateral consequences of one’s own mistakes.
Enabling People to allow them to feel they are victims of they’re own mistakes just teaches them no accountability, but to do it again.
It’s almost commercialized.
If rape is involved, this is a rough situation. But regardless, we are all accountable to God our Heavenly Father and Creator❣️❣️❣️
Stop giving money to the United campaign. See what happens then.
Awesome. Now all the states should do this. Great job Texas and Louisiana!!!
This year, Planned Parenthood(PP) donated $45 million to the DNC. In 2016, they donated $30 mill to Hill. Why is it all right to take taxpayer $$ and then donate to one particular candidate? Either STOP DONATING or donate equal amounts to both parties
and let us not forget: the Public Education System (PES), which is 100% taxpayer funded, contracts with PP to provide ‘sex education’ for all grade levels of public schools. In said education, gender fluidity is taught in kindergarten. At age 10, girls practice abortion using mangoes for uteri models. The instructor had the girls carve the mango to illustrate abortion! Not only that, they are taught ‘How to Get an Abortion Without Your Parents Finding Out’! Some schoolchildren are given ‘underground railroad’ instructions to follow!! No wonder we have all these idiotic people thinking abortion is normal and inconsequential.
To all of the liberals crying about this – The Right considers the USA as a free country and you are free to contribute all you desire directly to Planned Parenthood.
I’m 100% opposed to killing babies. I pay my taxes and the government gives money to Planned Parenthood. Planned Parenthood then turns around and donates $40 million to the Democrats to fund their election campaigns. This means I am having to pay myself for something I oppose with every fiber of my being.