Planned Parenthood of Wisconsin’s decision comes after a federal court upheld a measure signed by President Trump restricting Medicaid funding to abortion businesses.
Led by Gov. Josh Shapiro of Pennsylvania, the Democrat-run states seek to force taxpayers to fund Planned Parenthood, which commits hundreds of thousands of abortions each year.
The US bishops’ conference stressed that Americans should not be forced to pay for the murder of the unborn, though the USCCB has faced criticism for funding pro-abortion groups.
The abortion giant announced July 25 that it would be closing its 78,000 square-foot Prevention Park outlet along with the Southwest abortion center on September 30.
The Department of Health and Human Services filed its own motion dismantling Planned Parenthood’s arguments for why a judge should protect its federal funding.
Judge Indira Talwani of Massachusetts has temporarily halted a measure in Trump’s ‘Big Beautiful Bill’ thats cuts Medicaid funds to Planned Parenthood, leading to widespread criticism for judicial activism.
The House voted 218-214 to pass the Senate version of the bill, which removed original language defunding ‘gender transitions’ and only defunds the abortion industry for one year instead of 10, among other changes.