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Starve the Beast: SCOTUS Rules Planned Parenthood NOT Entitled to Be Fed by Medicaid FundsDisqualifying Planned Parenthood as a Medicaid qualified provider would be a significant blow to the abortion giant and deprive it of essential taxpayer-funded financial calories. Then, if Congress would follow the lead of South Carolina and deprive Planned Parenthood of federal tax dollars, perhaps we could impose on it the same fate it has unconscionably imposed on millions of babies.
Medicaid's Purpose and South Carolina's Action In Medina, the Supreme Court just reviewed a case involving South Carolina's decision to exercise its authority under the Medicaid funding partnership to remove Planned Parenthood from its list of "qualified" providers. Planned Parenthood operates two facilities in South Carolina and claims to provide a host of services at each facility for individuals who qualify for Medicaid coverage. In what can only be described as the understatement of the year, the Supreme Court noted that these two facilities "also perform abortions." Notably, South Carolina has at least 140 other medical facilities that qualify to provide Medicaid services and at which any South Carolinian can obtain medical care, in addition to a host of private medical facilities that would also accept Medicaid patients throughout the state. In short, removing Planned Parenthood from the list of qualified providers in South Carolina would not even cause a blip on the radar for Medicaid recipients in the state. South Carolina's Rationale South Carolina state law prohibits the use of public funds for abortion, and even Medicaid dollars not directly designated for abortion indirectly subsidizes Planned Parenthood's abortion activities, which violates state law and the ethical standards of its citizens. In other words, South Carolina made the prudent and principled decision that it refused to give its taxpayers' hard-earned dollars to an entity designed for nothing more than the murder of innocent children in the womb. Good for South Carolina. More states should follow its prudent path. So, too, should the United States Congress. Protecting Public Trust and Upholding Ethics The state plainly has discretion and a compelling interest in defunding such an entity. In fact, Liberty Counsel filed an amicus brief in this case noting the law's language allows for states to disqualify providers that engage in unethical and illegal practices, in which Planned Parenthood has been credibly implicated. As Liberty Counsel's amicus brief demonstrated, Planned Parenthood officials have been caught on tape discussing the sale of fetal tissue, haggling over baby body part prices, and explaining how abortion procedures could be altered to ensure intact organs for sale. And, to add insult to injury, some of these conversations took place while the abortionist casually drank wine and ate a salad, as if the discussion of dismembering living children was just business as usual. Such conduct is not only a flagrant violation of federal law but is also simply abhorrent. Each state has the right—and indeed a duty—to ensure that its Medicaid dollars do not subsidize an organization engaged in such inhumane and unlawful practices. In fact, given that Medicaid is a taxpayer-funded program, public trust in its integrity is paramount. South Carolina has determined that funneling state funds to Planned Parenthood—an entity implicated in the unlawful sale of fetal tissue—undermines the program's integrity and betrays the trust of the citizens who fund it. South Carolina reserves the right to ensure that its citizens' taxpayer dollars are not distributed to organizations with a moral compass so lacking that it permits them to dismember living children for profit and describe it to others as if the subject of their abhorrent, grotesque, and unlawful practices was not another living human being. One would search in vain for a more compelling reason to exclude an organization from Medicaid's program. A Precedent for Other States and Congress Disqualifying Planned Parenthood as a Medicaid qualified provider would be a significant blow to the abortion giant and deprive it of essential taxpayer-funded financial calories. Then, if Congress would follow the lead of South Carolina and deprive Planned Parenthood of federal tax dollars, perhaps we could impose on it the same fate it has unconscionably imposed on millions of babies. Starve the beast—defund Planned Parenthood. Subscribe for free to Breaking Christian News here
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