Democrats are in trouble. Part of their insane agenda is about to be whisked away.
As the U.S. Supreme Court is threatening to destroy this radical Leftist group with a groundbreaking ruling.
The Supreme Court announced Wednesday that it will hear South Carolina’s case against Planned Parenthood, a significant legal battle aimed at cutting Medicaid funding for the organization.
South Carolina first attempted to strip Planned Parenthood of its Medicaid funding in 2018.
Governor Henry McMaster, a Republican, issued an executive order instructing the state’s Medicaid agency to remove abortion providers from its list of “family planning” service providers.
While state law already prohibits Medicaid funds from covering abortions except in cases involving danger to the mother’s life, r*pe, or inc*st, McMaster argued that any public funding for Planned Parenthood indirectly “results in the subsidy of abortion.”
In his executive order, McMaster wrote, “The State of South Carolina has a strong culture and longstanding tradition of protecting and defending the life and liberty of unborn children.”
Planned Parenthood, alongside one of its patients, Julie Edwards, challenged the governor’s directive in court, seeking to preserve Edwards’ access to Medicaid-covered services. These funds, though not used for abortions, are allocated for other health services such as STD testing.
The Supreme Court will now review South Carolina’s appeal of a lower court ruling that determined federal law protects Medicaid patients’ right to choose their healthcare providers.
Currently, South Carolina enforces a ban on abortion after six weeks of pregnancy, or once cardiac activity is detected.
Exceptions are permitted for the mother’s life and physical health, r*pe or inc*st up to 12 weeks, and cases where a fetus is diagnosed with conditions deemed “incompatible” with life.
When McMaster issued his 2018 order, abortion was still legal in the state up to 22 weeks.
John Bursch, an attorney with Alliance Defending Freedom representing South Carolina’s Medicaid agency, expressed optimism about the case following the Supreme Court’s decision to take it up.
“Taxpayer dollars shouldn’t be used to fund facilities that choose to profit off abortion, and South Carolina is free to use its limited funding to subsidize life-affirming health care,” Bursch said.
Governor McMaster also shared his confidence in the case on social media. “Taxpayer dollars should never fund abortion providers like Planned Parenthood. In 2018, I issued an executive order to end this practice in South Carolina. I’m confident the U.S. Supreme Court will agree with me that states shouldn’t be forced to subsidize abortions,” he posted on X.
Taxpayer dollars should never fund abortion providers like Planned Parenthood. In 2018, I issued an executive order to end this practice in South Carolina. I'm confident the U.S. Supreme Court will agree with me that states shouldn't be forced to subsidize abortions. https://t.co/SLlsy0QbAU
— Gov. Henry McMaster (@henrymcmaster) December 18, 2024
The case is set to be argued in the spring, joining a growing list of abortion-related cases the Supreme Court has reviewed since overturning Roe v. Wade in 2022.
Earlier this year, the court ruled to maintain access to the abortion pill, which accounts for the majority of abortions in the United States.
But in this case, hopefully the Supreme Court does the right thing by cutting off another source of funding to the deadly abortion provider that is Planned Parenthood.
Stay tuned to The Federalist Wire.
