Judge says Planned Parenthood entitled to public funding

 Daily Signal:

Wild judicial activism has become the norm in the age of Trump, but the latest decision from a federal court on Monday to block Congress’ defunding of Planned Parenthood is the most egregious example yet.

U.S. District Judge Indira Talwani appears to be on a crusade to ensure that Planned Parenthood, the nation’s largest provider of abortion, receives funding from taxpayers today, tomorrow, and forever, no matter how the people’s representatives vote.

The Massachusetts judge ruled that Planned Parenthood clinics around the country must continue to be reimbursed by Medicaid even though Congress just voted in the One Big Beautiful Bill Act to pull the funding.

What was her justification for blocking an act of Congress?

“Patients are likely to suffer adverse health consequences where care is disrupted or unavailable,” Talwani wrote in her Monday order, according to The Associated Press. “In particular, restricting Members’ ability to provide healthcare services threatens an increase in unintended pregnancies and attendant complications because of reduced access to effective contraceptives, and an increase in undiagnosed and untreated STIs.”

I’m not a lawyer, but that doesn’t sound like a legal argument. It’s a policy argument, like the ones debated and voted on in Congress. You know, that governing body intended to make laws for the United States under the Constitution.

I’d also like to note The Associated Press’ deceptive headline that stated a judge has blocked the “Trump administration’s efforts to defund Planned Parenthood.” Again, this wasn’t done by an executive order, the ruling concerns an act of Congress signed by the president.

The Trump administration did comment on the absurd ruling.

“We strongly disagree with the court’s decision,” a White House spokesman told The Daily Signal. “States should not be forced to fund organizations that have chosen political advocacy over patient care. This ruling undermines state flexibility and disregards longstanding concerns about accountability.”
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A Massachusetts judge should not be the arbiter of national policy.  This kind of ruling by liberal judges is inconsistent with the US Constitution. 

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