Planned Parenthood kills over 400,000 babies every single year while raking in nearly $800 million in taxpayer funding. Let that sink in – YOUR hard-earned tax dollars are subsidizing the largest abortion business in America, an organization responsible for ending hundreds of thousands of innocent lives annually. We are taking action to defund Planned Parenthood permanently – a battle we have been in for over 30 years.
The abortion industry and its political allies refuse to accept the will of the American people. Now 22 states and the District of Columbia – led by Gavin Newsom’s California– have joined forces in a massive coordinated legal assault demanding that federal courts ORDER Congress to spend YOUR money on abortion – money that Congress specifically voted NOT to spend.
This represents one of the most brazen attacks on the constitutional separation of powers we’ve ever seen – and the ACLJ is fighting back with full force. Take action with us and sign: Defund Planned Parenthood Now.
We just filed our seventh amicus brief in this nationwide battle, this time in the First Circuit Court of Appeals in State of California et.al. v. U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. (See here for a summary of our six other briefs on this issue.)
When Congress passed Section 71113 as part of the “Big Beautiful Bill,” it took one of the most consequential steps in years to protect innocent unborn lives: cutting off federal Medicaid payments to large nonprofit abortion providers. This coalition of states is attempting something truly unprecedented: using the judiciary to override the appropriations decisions of the people’s elected representatives in Congress.
These states make the new argument that Section 71113 fails to provide clear notice to states under the Spending Clause. Section 71113 straightforwardly prohibits federal Medicaid funds from reimbursing certain abortion providers using five objective criteria.
Any competent state administrator can understand what’s required. The states don’t claim confusion – they claim burden. But difficulty of compliance is a policy objection, not a constitutional defect.
What we’re witnessing is a systematic attempt to use the courts to circumvent the democratic process. When abortion advocates lose in Congress, they run to sympathetic judges asking for injunctions. They forum-shop across different jurisdictions– Massachusetts, Maine, California, and others – hoping to find courts that will override the will of the American people.
But we will not back down. The lives of over 400,000 babies each year hang in the balance. So does hundreds of millions of dollars in taxpayer funding that could be used for actual healthcare instead of propping up the abortion industry. This is about more than policy or politics. It’s about life itself. It’s about ensuring that no American is forced to pay for the destruction of innocent human life. It’s about standing up for the most vulnerable among us – the babies whose lives are ended by Planned Parenthood every year.
Join us in defense of these constitutional principles and the sanctity of innocent human life. We’re prepared to file as many more briefs as necessary – all the way to the Supreme Court if needed – to defund Planned Parenthood and ensure American taxpayers are not forced to subsidize the destruction of unborn children. Sign our petition: Defund Planned Parenthood Now.
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