Judge Temporarily Blocks Texas from Eliminating Planned Parenthood’s Medicaid Funding
A district court granted Planned Parenthood a temporary restraining order against Texas as the state was ready to end its Medicaid funding.

A district court granted Planned Parenthood a temporary restraining order against Texas as the state was ready to end its Medicaid funding.
Planned Parenthood facilities in Texas will no longer receive taxpayer funds through the Medicaid program beginning February 3.
The annual March for Life, held virtually this year, begins Friday at noon ET with the theme, “Together Strong: Life Unites!”
GOP Study Committee chair Jim Banks said “not a single Democrat” in the House would pledge to protect the Hyde Amendment.
The White House announced Biden will sign an executive order revoking the pro-life Mexico City Policy that bars taxpayer funding of abortion abroad.
Two national polls show Americans share bipartisan unity on prohibiting taxpayer funding of abortion, both in the United States and abroad.
Dr. Fauci said Biden “will be revoking the Mexico City Policy” to allow overseas groups to use U.S. health assistance funding to perform abortions.
The Trump administration announced its enforcement of federal conscience protection laws with regard to the funding of, and participation in, abortions.
Rep. Rose DeLauro said the Hyde Amendment is a “discriminatory policy” because many women of color lack the funding to obtain an abortion.
On Tuesday House Democrats will convene a hearing to ignite their extreme abortion agenda, including repeal of the Hyde Amendment.
Pro-life leaders protested a radical abortion bill introduced in the New Jersey legislature that would allow abortion for any reason throughout all nine months of pregnancy, repeal all existing restrictions on abortion, and force taxpayers to fully fund the procedure.
A federal appeals court ruled Monday that Texas may defund Planned Parenthood by eliminating the abortion provider’s Medicaid funding.
South Carolina Gov. Henry McMaster’s (R) attempt to have the U.S. Supreme Court hear a case that could end Medicaid funding to the state’s Planned Parenthood affiliates and other abortion providers met with a rejection by the High Court on Tuesday.
The Joe Biden campaign is releasing three ads this month targeting Catholic and evangelical Christian voters in an effort to portray the Democrat presidential nominee and Sen. Kamala Harris (D-CA) as “the clear moral choice” in the election.
President Donald Trump pledged to pro-life Americans in a letter released Thursday that he will defund Planned Parenthood if he is elected to a second term in November.
The Trump campaign has added both “unborn life” and religious freedom to its list of core priorities as the president anticipates a possible second term.
Planned Parenthood celebrated Joe Biden’s choice of Kamala Harris as his running mate, one that will “advance and expand” abortion rights.
Alveda King said Planned Parenthood’s removal of Margaret Sanger’s name from its abortion clinic in New York City is “just window dressing.”
Planned Parenthood says, “We demand more,” including American taxpayers footing the bill for abortions in House Democrats’ HEROES Act.
Pro-life leaders praised Trump for rejecting coronavirus bill proposals that would force American taxpayers to fund abortion.
Nancy Pelosi has attempted to ensure a Hyde Amendment loophole is included in a coronavirus economic stimulus proposal.
A federal appeals court ruled the Trump administration’s Protect Life Rule, distinguishing abortion from family planning, is constitutional.
Planned Parenthood is pressing state taxpayers into making up federal family planning funds it voluntarily gave up to protect abortion.
GOP senators introduced a bill that would end the IRS’s allowance of abortion as a tax deductible “medical care” expense.
Sen. Kamala Harris said “babies will be born” into her health plan, but her plan also offers all abortions at the expense of taxpayers.
Minnesota Rep. Ilhan Omar tweeted Monday that illegal aliens must have “access” to abortion, which she equated with “medical care.”
The Associated Press (AP) is reporting the Trump administration is delaying its enforcement of the Protect Life Rule that bars facilities that receive federal family planning funds from referring women for abortions.
Planned Parenthood said it will forgo federal funds rather than comply with the Trump administration’s rule that bars abortion referrals.
A federal appeals court Thursday allowed the Trump administration to proceed with its rule that marks a clear boundary between abortion and family planning, even as the law continues to be challenged in the courts.
A coalition of faith-based and pro-life groups in Maine is leading a “people’s veto campaign” to attempt to overturn at the ballot box in November a new law that legalizes taxpayer funding of elective abortions.