Planned Parenthood is on the ropes, and it’s desperate. Following the signing of the “Big Beautiful Bill” (BBB), President Donald Trump faces a lawsuit brought by the abortion giant that could wind up at the U.S. Supreme Court. If Planned Parenthood wins, abortion funding becomes a guaranteed entitlement. It’ll take your money and use it to end innocent life – permanently.
The object of the lawsuit is the bill’s defunding mechanism that prevents Planned Parenthood from receiving Medicaid funding – as in zero dollars. By Planned Parenthood’s own admission, it could potentially result in the closure of 200 abortion clinics. Planned Parenthood is denouncing the defunding as a “backdoor abortion ban.”
This will likely be a lengthy legal battle, and the ACLJ will be filing in each step of this case. Join us and add your voice to our petition: Defeat Planned Parenthood in Court.
However, a federal judge granted – yet another – nationwide temporary restraining order, which halted the defunding on July 7. The ruling remains in effect for nearly two weeks, with Judge Talwani set to decide on a longer-term injunction after a hearing on July 18. Talwani was appointed by former President Obama.
The BBB’s defunding comes on the heels of the recent victory at the U.S. Supreme Court, which ruled that states could defund the abortion giant, meaning states can choose if they wish to send taxpayer (Medicaid) dollars to it (agreeing with the arguments of our amicus brief).
The victories are starting to stack up against the evil abortion factory that killed more than 402,000 babies last year alone. For decades, Planned Parenthood has walked a fine line – claiming abortion is just a small part of what it does, while focusing on patient services, its advocacy, and fundraising. Now, defunding efforts and legal challenges are forcing it to admit that abortion, and not “healthcare,” is central to its mission. That’s damaging legally and politically with independents.
Planned Parenthood will argue that the defunding effort in the BBB constitutes a targeted attack on Planned Parenthood solely because it provides abortion services. However, it will have to simultaneously maintain – particularly in litigation – that no public funds support abortion in any form, whether a procedure, provider, or facility.
This contradiction is central. In public statements and fundraising appeals, Planned Parenthood asserts that defunding efforts are tantamount to banning abortion – an implicit acknowledgment that government funds do, in fact, subsidize abortion-related infrastructure. For decades, proponents of defunding have argued that every taxpayer dollar sent to Planned Parenthood indirectly supports its abortion operations by offsetting overhead and expanding organizational capacity. Money is fungible. Planned Parenthood’s shifting rhetoric now concedes that point.
The abortion giant’s legal position rests on a fiction: Funding for Planned Parenthood is entirely separable from abortion. Its public messaging undermines that claim.
Planned Parenthood has a tough case to prove that it’s entitled to taxpayer dollars. No business or nonprofit should be able to argue that the government must fund it. Combine that truth with Planned Parenthood’s sordid eugenics origins, and it is outrageous that such a depraved organization should receive taxpayer dollars. The facade is cracking – and Planned Parenthood knows it.
With looming litigation on the horizon, the ACLJ has mobilized its senior legal team to file in this case next week. We’re prepared to defend this defunding bill all the way to the U.S. Supreme Court.
For 35 years, the ACLJ has been confronting Planned Parenthood and the abortion industry head-on. We fought tirelessly through the courts; and when Roe v. Wade was finally overturned, we rejoiced. That landmark decision was the result of decades of legal battles – and it marked a turning point in the fight for life.
But let’s be clear: Roe’s fall didn’t end abortion in America. In fact, in many states, it ignited a backlash. Radical lawmakers and abortion activists are pushing even more extreme laws that continue to permit the killing of unborn children at shocking rates.
Planned Parenthood, though weakened on the federal level, is far from finished. It has shifted its focus to the states, where it’s filing lawsuit after lawsuit to roll back pro-life laws. Missouri is a prime example. Planned Parenthood is actively trying to dismantle some of the strongest protections for life in the country.
That’s why the ACLJ is stepping in. We’ve partnered with the Missouri Attorney General to defend these laws and stop Planned Parenthood’s latest attacks. Our legal team is on the ground – fighting in courtrooms, confronting this agenda, and standing boldly for the rights of the unborn.
The battle has moved to the states, and we’re not backing down. Planned Parenthood is desperate – and that’s when it’s most dangerous. We’re ready. We’re engaged. And we won’t stop until life is protected in every corner of this country. Join us in this fight. Sign: Defeat Planned Parenthood in Court – Save Babies.
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