In the case known as Medina v. Planned Parenthood South Atlantic, justices recently ruled 6-3 that South Carolina, or any state, can withhold Medicaid funds from Planned Parenthood and other so-called healthcare providers.
"The states have the right to decide who is qualified, and South Carolina absolutely said there's lots of other people who are providing good, quality services in our state that people can use as their provider," relays Allan Parker of The Justice Foundation.
He says Planned Parenthood may provide a few health services on occasion, but they basically "only provide abortions." In this case, The Justice Foundation represented 138 women hurt by those.
"These were women who have the courage to give us their testimonies about how they've been hurt, says Parker. "We gave those to the United States Supreme Court because Planned Parenthood basically ends up hurting women. We presented the women's testimonies about how badly they were hurt by Planned Parenthood abortions and did not feel they were qualified medical providers."
"Then we filed a second brief on the merits."
Parker believes the combination of this ruling and Congress's approval of the Big Beautiful Bill, which includes language to defund Big Abortion for a year, will result in Planned Parenthood closing more facilities.
But Kristan Hawkins of Students for Life expects the abortion giant to "double down."
"They are going to do more than they ever have done before to boost their paid clients," she predicts. "That means when it's back-to-school fairs in August, they're going to be out there giving out every free thing they can … because they need more paid clients. So, we're going to have to meet that challenge on campuses."
She also sees Planned Parenthood and other abortion providers asking Democratic governors and donors for money.
"This is the reality: only defunding them for one year means they can kind of get loans from …billionaires that are on the Democrats' side. They can get increased funding from Democratic states. This is why we have to push to get 10 years, to get the maximum amount in the next budget reconciliation bill."
The House version did that, and she is "deeply disappointed" that the Senate changed it.
"I don't even think they fought," laments Hawkins. "We need some fighters in the Senate, but for now, let me just say – we did it."
She still celebrates Planned Parenthood's loss here.
Noting the 14th Amendment's declaration that "no person shall be deprived of life without due process of law," Parker believes the Supreme Court is on track to finding the right to life in the Constitution.
That will mean women will be led to consider other options and no longer be injured by taking the life of their children and being misrepresented and lied to by the abortion industry.
"No woman in America has to parent a child if she doesn't want to," the attorney asserts.
Safe haven laws, which every state has, give women the freedom to safely have and give up their children without penalty and without having to pay for the provisions provided by the hospitals or the prenatal care of a qualified provider.
"If you're low-income and walk out of the hospital and leave the baby behind, that baby will end up in the homes of the one to two million families waiting to adopt newborn children," he poses. "Abortion will be illegal and unthinkable in America."
