Planned Parenthood faces spending cuts ahead of key Supreme Court decision
The Trump admin keeps promises as the high court decides if states can cut funding to the notorious abortion mill
This week, the Trump administration issued notices of a temporary withdrawal of federal funding to Planned Parenthood affiliates, citing possible civil rights concerns relating to so-called “diversity, equity, and inclusion” initiatives.
The letter from Amy Margolis, deputy director of HHS’ Office of Population Affairs, pointed to Planned Parenthood’s DEI initiatives as indicative that Planned Parenthood is “engaged, across its affiliates, in widespread practices across hiring, operations, and patient treatment that unavoidably employ race in a negative manner.”
This comes as the Supreme Court is hearing arguments on a case that would decide if states can withhold Medicaid funding to Planned Parenthood.
The abortion mill was given 10 days as of Monday to provide evidence that it intends to comply with the Trump administration’s civil rights executive orders targeting DEI.
As LifeNews noted earlier this week, Planned Parenthood was supported by $699 million in taxpayer funds since Roe v. Wade was overturned in 2022, and raised $500 million, mostly used for political lobbying.
Its national president, Alexis Johnson, has a salary of over $900K annually, and no doubt other executives pull in a similarly exorbitant paycheck.
While the organization frequently claims that just 3% of its services include abortion, and media outlets and activists alike lamented the Trump administration cutting funding to an altruistic non-profit that provides things like cancer screenings and contraceptives, their annual reports shine a harsher light on the operation of the organization.
In reality, Planned Parenthood’s abortion services make up 40% of the abortions performed in the United States, and the number of abortions they provide increased by 20% over the last 10 years. Meanwhile, services like cancer screenings and preventative care visits continue to drop.
The seemingly scant 3% that Planned Parenthood often cites is wildly misleading, as it doesn’t account for the total number of revenue brought in by abortions or the number and percentage of patients receiving abortions. For example, performing an abortion is far more complex — and lucrative for Planned Parenthood — than providing patients with condoms or pregnancy tests.
Alliance Defending Freedom Senior Counsel John Bursch, who is representing the state of South Carolina as it asks the Supreme Court to be allowed to withhold Medicaid funding, pointed to these grim statistics in a statement this week as he described the critical case as one “that will decide whether South Carolina is free to direct taxpayer Medicaid dollars in a way that it believes will most benefit low income women and families.”
“According to its own reporting, Planned Parenthood performs between one-third and two-thirds of all abortions in the United States annually, while its provision of other medical services declined,” Bursch explained. “Between 2022 and 2023, preventative care visits fell 31% and the number of patients seen annually has fallen by 60% since the 1990s. Meanwhile, cancer screening and prevention services have dropped by 71% since 2010.”
Let us pray that as we continue to fight for the full abolition of abortion in the United States, that those who have the power to undermine the beast that is Planned Parenthood prevail in their efforts to restrict and end all federal and state funding to this wicked organization.