The following quote may be attributed to Alliance Defending Freedom Senior Counsel Erik Baptist, director of the ADF Center for Life, regarding Planned Parenthood’s dismissal Friday in the case Planned Parenthood v. Kennedy. In the case, Planned Parenthood attempted to block the provision of the One Big Beautiful Bill that redirects Medicaid funding—intended to help low-income patients obtain necessary medical assistance—away from abortion providers for one year. Louisiana, along with Alliance Defending Freedom attorneys, filed a friend-of-the-court brief with the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 1st Circuit to protect taxpayers from funding Planned Parenthood, which the court upheld in September:
“The American people do not want their tax dollars propping up the abortion industry. This legal action should never have happened in the first place, and now we are assured that Planned Parenthood will not bypass the people’s choice to protect taxpayer funding. The U.S. Supreme Court affirmed last year that states have the right to fund real care and exclude organizations like Planned Parenthood that profit off abortion, and we are glad to see the federal government following suit. Alliance Defending Freedom will continue to stand against any attempts by the abortion giant to force Americans to fund dangerous procedures.”
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