Kerr v. Planned Parenthood back in appellate court

The Center Square ^ | 7/3/23 | J.J. Brannock

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A federal circuit court will determine if pro-life states like South Carolina, where the court case originally took place, can be forced to spend taxpayer dollars funding abortion providers like Planned Parenthood.

The 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals will consider Kerr v. Planned Parenthood South Atlantic, the case in question after it was remanded by the Supreme Court back to the appellate earlier this month.

“Practically speaking, this case will decide if taxpayers in pro-life states are going to be forced to see their taxpayer dollars being spent to fund abortion providers like Planned Parenthood,” Chris Schandevel, Senior Counsel with Alliance Defending Freedom, told The Center Square.

The original case sparked up because of an executive order from South Carolina Gov. Henry McMaster in 2018 barring any entity that operated abortion clinics from receiving Medicaid funding, per a statute prohibiting taxpayer dollars from funding abortions.

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“Planned Parenthood has a choice to make,” Schandevel said. "It can choose to stop doing abortions in the state, and we think that if they made that choice their taxpayer funding would be restored. But they decided to insist on continuing to perform abortions. So as long as they continue to make that choice, at least in the state of South Carolina, they are going to be disqualified from receiving Medicaid funds.”

[Tell It Right]

Hey, 4th Circuit. We'll be watching.

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Amazing what can happen when conservatives stand strong and battle liberals. Here in Kentucky, only a few abortions are now taking place, supposedly to save the life of the mother. The liberals have stopped all their legal challenges after defeat after defeat, and the former largest abortion clinic in the state, in Louisville, is now up for sale. Wish a crisis pregnancy center would get some money behind them, buy it, have an exorcism ceremony, and then start helping women.

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“Amazing what can happen when conservatives stand strong and battle liberals. “

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Too many politicians have used being “pro-life” as a campaign slogan and then punted when it came time to stand strong on that position. It’s amazing that many pro-life advocates are anti-Trumpers given he is the one that made the reversal of Roe v. Wade possible. Neither of the other candidates in 2016 would have nominated even the somewhat moderate candidates he did. Almost everyone would have nominated someone acceptable to the left (in other words a liberal) in the spirit of “bipartisanship”.