‘Full of falsehoods’: Judge demands American taxpayers be forced to ‘prop up Big Abortion’

A pro-abortion judge who owes her position to Barack Obama, a radical advocate for abortion, has ruled American taxpayers must give hundreds of millions of dollars each year to abortion-industry giant Planned Parenthood.

The ruling, from Indira Talwani, for now halts a portion of a law that was adopted by Congress and signed into law by President Donald Trump.

An appeal, of course, is in the works.

But meanwhile, officials with Susan B. Anthony Pro-Life America pointed out how Talwani made her decision based on lies, even citing those lies in her court opinion.

“An activist judge just issued a ruling full of falsehoods about abortion giant Planned Parenthood in a desperate effort to keep forcing taxpayers to prop up Big Abortion,” explained Marjorie Dannenfelser, president of SBA Pro-Life America.

“Every day this order stands, Planned Parenthood continues to rake in millions of our tax dollars, fueling thousands of unborn lives ended daily and putting women at unacceptable risk of serious harm and even death. Women have better and more comprehensive alternatives with community health centers outnumbering Planned Parenthood facilities 15 to 1. We look forward to the Trump administration swiftly stopping this lawfare and restoring the historic victory secured through the One Big Beautiful Bill.”

The SBA organization noted where Talwani strayed far from the truth:

• MYTH: Women have “no feasible alternative” to Planned Parenthood.FACT: Women have access to thousands of affordable, holistic community-based health clinics that outnumber Planned Parenthood facilities 15:1 nationwide, without having to subject themselves to the coercive, ‘conveyor belt’ style of Planned Parenthood facilities.
• MYTH: Defunding Planned Parenthood causes unintended pregnancies by decreasing access to contraception.FACT: According to Planned Parenthood’s annual report, contraceptives services are down 38% since 2013. Contraception is widely available elsewhere.
• MYTH: Planned Parenthood is a significant provider of primary care.FACT: Planned Parenthood’s limited services beyond abortion are on the decline: they don’t do mammograms; total cancer screenings have dropped by 54%, including declines of 61% for breast exams and 54% for pap tests since 2013.
• MYTH: Abortions make up only 4% of Planned Parenthood’s “services.”FACT: In 2022-23, women seeking pregnancy-related help at Planned Parenthood were sold an abortion 97% of the time. They received prenatal services, miscarriage care, or adoption referrals 3% of the time.
• MYTH: Defunding Big Abortion, led by Planned Parenthood, will cause more sexually transmitted infections (STIs) to go undiagnosed and untreated.FACT: A New York Times investigation found a pattern of negligence at Planned Parenthoods nationwide, including an affiliate operating 23 facilities across several states that failed to log and follow up on STI test results, leading to patients who wrongly thought they tested negative when they never heard back.

A report at the Washington Examiner said Talwani “permanently” blocked the bill cutting off Medicaid funding to Planned Parenthood.

The ruling replaces a preliminary injunction she had insisted on imposing earlier.

Talwani claimed in court documents that defunding Planned Parenthood “will result in the closure of clinics that inevitably will have ‘adverse health consequences where care is disrupted or unavailable.'”

She alleged there could be an “increase” in unintended pregnancies if Planned Parenthood is not paid hundreds of millions of dollars annually by taxpayers.

She complained absent that tax money, there would be a decrease in access to contraceptives and that would produce a “corresponding increase in the number of unintended pregnancies” and therefore that “will likely result in an increased number of abortions.”

Federal law already prohibits using taxes for abortions, but pro-life organizations long have pointed out that money that subsidizes other operations by Planned Parenthood also subsidizes its abortion procedures.

The abortion industry leader reported grabbing about $800 million in federal tax money during fiscal 2023-2024.

It sued over the democratically created legislation.

Talwani’s ideological ruling already has drawn criticism from the Department of Justice, where chief of staff Chad Mizell called her “lawless.”

Lila Rose, president of the anti-abortion organization Live Action, said in a statement that the ruling from Talwani, appointed by Obama in 2014, “is a blatant act of judicial overreach.”

“Congress passed the One Big Beautiful Bill with clear language and intent to stop the forced taxpayer funding of abortion,” Rose said. “This unelected judge has decided that her personal pro-abortion agenda matters more than the law.”

The Constitution actually doesn’t mention abortion, as was pointed out when the faulty Roe Supreme Court decision was overturned several years ago. That left the regulation to the states, under their laws. Federal cash handouts, of course, are under the Constitution left to Congress.