Planned Parenthood Does Not Deserve Your Tax Dollars

One of the biggest cases on the U.S. Supreme Court’s docket this term, Medina v. Planned Parenthood South Atlantic, raises several important questions. Perhaps the most important one is this: should American taxpayers be forced to fund Big Abortion?

Let’s start with the facts.

For abortion profit centers such as Planned Parenthood, their primary business objective—their mission—is to end unborn lives. Over the years, they’ve taken millions of lives, and they’ve received billions of dollars in public funds.

Does that sound like something taxpayers should be footing the bill for?

If you answered “no,” rest assured that you’re in good company. Polling figures consistently show that a solid majority of Americans oppose taxpayer funding of abortions. In fact, a recent Knights of Columbus/Marist poll found that 57 percent of American adults “oppose” or “strongly oppose” tax dollars paying for abortions.

Here’s one reason why: Planned Parenthood is already rolling in public funding. Between 2018 and 2023, Planned Parenthood received $3.2 billion in direct public funding. Each year, it receives hundreds of millions more from private donors. And it has experienced a “fundraising boom” since 2022, amassing over $2.5 billion in net assets.

Remember that even tax dollars that are directed towards Planned Parenthood’s “non-abortion services” free up funding for the organization to do more pro-abortion politicking and perform more abortions. Planned Parenthood isn’t entitled to one more dime of taxpayer money taken from the paychecks of hard-working Americans.

The New York Times recently uncovered how the organization’s focus on abortion has resulted in filthy clinics, untrained staff, and poor care that has left women physically injured and emotionally scarred.

Other reports from the New York Post and the Center for Medical Progress show Planned Parenthood negotiating the sale of hearts, lungs, and livers from aborted babies. That should make your stomach turn. Put bluntly, Planned Parenthood doesn’t need American taxpayer dollars, and Americans don’t need Planned Parenthood.

From abortion to pushing harmful gender ideology

There’s another reason that Americans don’t (and shouldn’t) trust Planned Parenthood with their hard-earned tax dollars.

In addition to its primary work of abortion, Planned Parenthood has become the second-largest provider of dangerous gender-transition drugs in the U.S. The organization even admits to giving these drugs to minors across the country. One Planned Parenthood affiliate proudly advertises that it will provide testosterone or puberty blockers to 16-year-old girls, for example. The affiliate promises to do this with no mental health evaluation, and after just one visit.

And when the South Carolina legislature argued that these dangerous drugs shouldn’t be given to children and passed legislation to put a stop to it, Planned Parenthood was “outraged.”

“Outraged” to not be able to give dangerous, experimental gender transition drugs to children.

That’s the organization that’s received billions in government funds. That’s the organization that rakes in nearly two billion in revenue each year. Big Abortion sells lies to women and children—and American taxpayers are helping fund their manipulation.

Supreme stakes at the High Court

The case before the Supreme Court, Medina v. Planned Parenthood South Atlantic, could have generational consequences. Attorneys with Alliance Defending Freedom will be at the Supreme Court on April 2 arguing the case on behalf of the director of South Carolina’s Department of Health and Human Services.

A victory for South Carolina would be a crucial step in ensuring the right of every state to protect its taxpayers from funding Big Abortion, including Planned Parenthood.

When Congress created the Medicaid program, it delegated to each state the responsibility to administer the program and determine which healthcare providers were eligible to provide various services. South Carolina has deemed abortion facilities, including Planned Parenthood, unqualified to receive Medicaid funds.

Any organization, like Planned Parenthood, that has such a dismal track record should be excluded from a state’s Medicaid program. That’s why this case is so important. If South Carolina prevails, it could be a major step toward finally defunding Big Abortion.

Planned Parenthood isn’t entitled to your tax dollars. Let’s pray the Supreme Court agrees.