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Planned Parenthood Cashes In on Medicaid Money Meant for Elderly and Disabled, Report Shows

Abortion providers like Planned Parenthood are cashing in on Medicaid money meant for elderly and disabled Americans, a new report from the American Family Association (AFA) shows.  

States receive tens of billions of dollars from the federal government every year to run Medicaid programs; state taxpayers contribute several billion more.

But according to AFA’s “Displacing the Disabled: How Medicaid funds abortion providers and leaves disabled kids waiting,” thousands of Americans and their families across forty states are languishing on waitlists for Medicaid-funded Home and Community-Based Services (HCBS).

State HCBS programs subsidize in-home care for the elderly, disabled and mentally ill. For parents like Anja and Nate Baker, they are a necessity.

The Bakers are proud parents of three boys — six-year-old Locke, four-year-old Herschel and one-year-old Fulton. Herschel suffers from cerebral palsy, epilepsy and several other conditions related to brain injury.

Baker family photo courtesy of Anja Baker

“[Herschel] requires a wheelchair and g-tube feeding and cannot independently sit, stand, use the bathroom or speak,” Anja tells the Daily Citizen. “As a result, he requires around the clock care for all his needs.”

Without Mississippi Medicaid’s Disabled Child at Home program, Anja says she and Nate would not be able to afford the fifteen different medical providers and therapists Herschel needs to thrive.

“As a family, we have reorganized our lives around Herschel’s medical care,” she explains. “Without his Medicaid coverage, we could never afford to care for him.”

With Medicaid’s help, the Bakers get to watch Herschel grow and impact the people around him.

“Herschel loves time at church, especially music and fellowship time with friends.” Anja tells us. “We know he has impacted the faith of many people and will continue to do so as long as he’s able to share his light with the world.”

“We pray that we can keep Herschel’s life as comfortable and joy-filled as possible for as long as the Lord lets us have him.”

Baker boys courtesy of Anja Baker

Families like the Bakers can’t financially, physically or emotionally afford to be waitlisted for Medicaid. But that’s what happens when Medicaid funding is spread across an increasingly broad array of services — including those offered by abortion giants like Planned Parenthood.

AFA’s “Displacing the Disabled” report compiles data on twenty states with HCBS waitlists and abortion providers that accept Medicaid. The findings highlight an unacceptable incongruency: While vulnerable Americans await critical Medicaid support, Planned Parenthood entities and other abortion providers are collecting two streams of government income — federal grants and Medicaid reimbursements.

These funds free up millions of dollars Planned Parenthood and company use not only to perform abortions, but to lobby for pro-abortion policies, indoctrinate children into gender ideology and pay their executives’ six-figure salaries.

“For [HCBS programs] to be deprived of resources while the money instead funds the abortion industry is sickening,” Anja says.

“The abortion lobby sees no value in a child like Herschel; Planned Parenthood would rather see [him] and his school and church friends never born.”

She concludes:

This funding issue highlights a stark reality — the abortion industry neither wants to see disabled children born, nor their lives extended or cared for while they are here.
This contrast [proves] they aren’t just anti-life, they are pro-death.

AFA hopes the “Displacing the Disabled” report and stories like the Baker family’s will hammer home the importance of ensuring welfare programs serve the people who need them most.

“Healthcare resources are not infinite,” Dr. Jameson Taylor, the Director of AFA’s Center for Governmental Renewal explains.  “Medicaid can’t cover everything or everyone.”

He continues:

When you look at the services Medicaid could cover in each state, I believe providing care for vulnerable individuals should be a priority while funneling money to abortion providers shouldn’t be on the list.

The Daily Citizen categorically agrees.

To read AFA’s full report, click here.

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America Needs Convictional Pro-Life Politicians

There’s a full court press on in Washington, D.C. to strip language calling for the defunding of Planned Parenthood from the anticipated reconciliation bill.

According to a House Memorandum, Section 44126 “prohibits Medicaid funds to be paid to providers that are nonprofit organizations, that are essential community providers that are primarily engaged in family planning services or reproductive services, provide for abortions other than for Hyde Amendment exceptions, and which received $1,000,000 or more (to either the provider or the provider’s affiliates) in payments from Medicaid payments in 2024.”

This move to defund abortion giants like Planned Parenthood is long overdue – and causing some representatives to second guess their commitment to get the government out of the business of taking pre-born children’s lives.

 “Should pro-life taxpayers be made to pay taxes used for abortion?” asked Focus on the Family president Jim Daly. “Of course not. The greatness of a nation is measured by many things, but especially by how it treats the vulnerable and defenseless. The use of taxpayer money to support the unfettered killing of innocent life is a tragedy beyond qualification.”

That certain politicians might go wobbly on such a foundational issue might be unsettling, but also an all too familiar consequence of elections and poor judgement.

Noah Webster, who was born just prior to the American Revolution, once warned:

[I]f the citizens neglect their Duty and place unprincipled men in office, the government will soon be corrupted; laws will be made, not for the public good so much as for selfish or local purposes; corrupt or incompetent men will be appointed to execute the Laws; the public revenues will be squandered on unworthy men; and the rights of the citizen will be violated or disregarded.

As George Washington was preparing to retire to his beloved Mount Vernon, the nation’s first stated in his famed Farewell Address:

However [political parties] may now and then answer popular ends, they are likely in the course of time and things, to become potent engines, by which cunning, ambitious, and unprincipled men will be enabled to subvert the power of the people and to usurp for themselves the reins of government, destroying afterwards the very engines which have lifted them to unjust dominion.

In other words, unprincipled men (and women) are likely to use taxpayer funds for unscrupulous causes – especially if the people behind those endeavors are bankrolling their reelection efforts.

Our country is in desperate need of representatives who will support the right things regardless of their electoral implications. We need pro-life individuals with conviction who are willing to surrender their seat in exchange for saving and protecting innocent preborn babies.

Organizations like Planned Parenthood don’t deserve one penny of our hard-earned money. Instead, they should be called to account for the millions of innocent lives they have coldly snuffed out over the last decades.

Please call or email your Representative and politely but pointedly ask them to support the inclusion of Section 44126 of the Reconciliation bill that calls for the banning of taxpayer funds for abortion.  

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Planned Parenthood’s Cash Flow is on Trial

Last week, the United States Supreme Court heard arguments in Medina v. Planned Parenthood South Atlantic. At issue is whether individual states can deny Medicaid funds to abortion industry organizations like Planned Parenthood. According to the Alliance Defending Freedom, whose lawyers are arguing the case, this started back in 2018 when South Carolina Gov. Henry McMaster directed that no Medicaid money could go to groups that perform abortions. The governor reasoned, “The payment of taxpayer funds to abortion clinics, for any purpose, results in the subsidy of abortion and the denial of the right to life.” 

Using government cash for abortion not only offends the moral sensibilities of millions of Americans but, for 45 years now, the Hyde Amendment has “prohibit[ed] covered funds to be expended for any abortion or to provide health benefits coverage that includes abortion.” With his directive, McMaster was eliminating an end run around the clear intent of this law. As one supporter put it, “States should be free to use taxpayer dollars in accordance with their own state laws and priorities. No citizen should be forced to fund facilities that perform life-ending and medically fraught procedures like abortion.” 

Despite the overarching moral concerns at the heart of this case, the oral arguments centered on particular words and concerns. Specifically, because existing law specifies that Medicaid can go to “any qualified provider” the patient chooses, in question is whether South Carolina is required to allow funds to go to Planned Parenthood as a medical provider. Justices Sonia Sotomayor and Amy Coney Barrett, from either side of the ideological aisle, expressed hesitation about South Carolina’s claims, to different degrees, that the law does not contain “rights-creating” language. In reply, ADF attorney John Bursch pointed out that “the fact that the 12 of us can have such a robust conversation about whether this statute is mandatory or not, whether it’s rights-creating or not, demonstrates that the rights-creating language is ambiguous, not clear and explicit.” 

Given the over 140 federally approved pregnancy support centers in South Carolina, it’s difficult to conclude that denying funds to Planned Parenthood will harm the women in the state. That claim rests on Planned Parenthood’s dubious claim that killing children is healthcare. It was on that basis that the ADF took the state to court in the first place. After numerous rulings and appeals, the Supreme Court will now, in a sense, decide whether an organization like Planned Parenthood, whose primary business is death and so-called gender care, counts as a qualified medical practice. 

According to the interim president of Planned Parenthood South Atlantic, they are. Thus, as she put it, “Government officials should never block people from getting health care or be able to decide which doctor you can or cannot see. We will never stop fighting for our patients and their right to choose their trusted health care provider.” 

But Planned Parenthood’s “healthcare” is primarily and overwhelmingly abortion. Thus, their business interests are about unrestrained access to abortion. As ADF put it: 

Planned Parenthood performed 392,715 abortions between Oct. 1, 2021, and Sept. 30, 2022, representing a 5 percent increase from the previous year and an increase of over 70 percent in just two decades. At the same time, Planned Parenthood’s legitimate medical services have all decreased in recent years. From 2022 to 2023, preventative care visits fell by 31 percent. 

And, they don’t need the money. As ADF president Kristen Waggoner wrote: 

Planned Parenthood received $3.2 billion in direct public funding. That’s on top of the hundreds of millions more it receives from private donors. And since the year Roe v. Wade was reversed, it’s had a fundraising boom, amassing over $2.5 billion in net assets. 

Even though this court has been friendly to the cause of life, technicalities matter greatly. Please pray for these judges looking at the legal side of this national evil. Just as the journey was long for abolitionists in the nineteenth century, so it is for those today who are committed to seeing abortion not merely made illegal but unthinkable.

Planned Parenthood Offers ‘Sexual Health Resources’ for All, Aided by Sacramento Libraries

Sacramento Public Library is partnering with Planned Parenthood Mar Monte to offer free “sexual health resources,” including contraceptives and graphic sexual education materials, to patrons of all ages.

The California Family Council (CFC), a Focus on the Family-allied organization, explained, saying,

In a move that sidesteps parental rights and raises serious concerns about the sexualization of children, the Sacramento Public Library has partnered with Planned Parenthood Mar Monte to install “sexual health resource cabinets” in 12 of its 28 public library branches.

These cabinets contain condoms, dental dams, pregnancy tests, lubrication, and sex educational pamphlets – available to anyone, of any age, without restriction or parental consent.

The organization said in an email the resources have “parents and child advocates alarmed,” with CFC Vice President Greg Burt adding,

“This is a grotesque violation of parental rights. Parents take their children to the library expecting books – not a sexual health free-for-all.”

“Condoms and lubricant have no place in the hands of children, especially without their parents’ knowledge or consent.”

CFC further explained, “The cabinets are openly placed in common areas, with signage asking: ‘Having sex? How safe are you?'”

“Visitors are encouraged – regardless of age – to scan a QR code linking directly to Planned Parenthood’s sex-ed website, which invites minors to “start your journey and get the info you need in a way that’s actually interesting.'”

Planned Parenthood Mar Monte offers abortions, opposite-sex hormones and contraceptives in the mid-California region and Nevada. In 2022, the organization received more than $28.4 million in government funds, while the library received more than $26.2 million in 2024 from the city and county. 

In an interview with CBS Sacramento, library Community Engagement Services Manager Todd Deck defended the distribution of free sexual resources to patrons of all ages, saying:

“We want to remove the stigma around these resources. … Libraries are essential to healthy, thriving communities, so having resources that are of interest and needs of that community is really critical.”

“I do believe it is our responsibility to help have an informed community regardless of the topic, that way people can make informed decisions about their health.”

In making these free sexual materials available to minors, the library is going far beyond informing the community.

Children aren’t equipped to manage adult sexuality, something many adults find difficult, and the library is infringing on parents’ rights by offering sexual resources to them.

Burt told CBS, “Now parents are going to have to be concerned that instead of coming back with a book, their children will come back with a condom.”

“This is really about cutting parents out; it’s about sexualizing our children at younger ages.”

Radical sexual activist groups like Planned Parenthood and the American Library Association work overtime to sexualize children through age-inappropriate library books and materials; ineffective and morally problematic comprehensive sexuality education; “drag queen story hours”; and now, free sexual resources in libraries.

Such groups are motivated by an ideology that says sex is a human right – for people of all ages – and is primarily for pleasure. For them, there are no morals surrounding sexual behavior; the only prerequisite is “consent.” Planned Parenthood’s sex education resources teach children, adolescents and teens about how to give consent.

It’s important more than ever for parents to ground their children in a biblical, healthy view of sexuality. This should begin at an early age, with age-appropriate instruction.

Parents should also be aware that children will be exposed to inappropriate, confusing and immoral sexuality – even at the library.

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Surprise, Surprise — Planned Parenthood Gave Children Explicit Coloring Books

Caution: the following includes examples of crude and graphic references to sex.

Planned Parenthood is “no longer welcome” at an interactive science museum in Kentucky after it distributed explicit coloring books to children last week.

No one should be surprised.

More than 400 elementary and middle school students reportedly attended Health & Wellness Days at the Kentucky Science Center (KSC) last Wednesday, where Planned Parenthood distributed an “adult-oriented” coloring book featuring:

  • Coloring pages with cartoon genitalia and contraception.
  • A wordsearch for genitalia, contraception and terms like “pleasure” and “safe sex.”
  • A page of “sexlibs” with fill-in-the-blanks like, “My favorite brand and style of condoms is _________ and _________.”

The KSC apologized for the book’s distribution on Facebook, explaining, “Planned Parenthood provided this material without our consent, and it does not reflect our policies or the intended content for this event.”

“This partner is no longer welcome at the Science Center,” the post concluded.

Planned Parenthood Great Northwest, Hawai’i, Alaska, Indiana, Kentucky (PPGNHAIK) strenuously and categorically denied handing out the explicit book — for about a day.

“We want to be clear: the coloring book currently being circulated online was not distributed at the event,” Jennifer Allen, PPGNHAIK’s director of external affairs, wrote on Wednesday, calling the allegations “part of a coordinated attempt to stir outrage and manufacture controversy.”

“Our materials used at events are age-appropriate, medically accurate, aligned with national standards and only used with appropriate audiences,” she claimed.

Allen halfheartedly corrected her emphatic denials on Thursday, acknowledging a staffer “inadvertently distributed an item that would not typically be used in a setting like this event.”

“While all material at the event was medically accurate, we apologize for this error and are reviewing our internal protocols,” she wrote.

I don’t know how “medically accurate” sexlibs can be, but I digress.

Allen carefully refused to call the coloring book inappropriate — a shrewd move considering Planned Parenthood distributes similarly graphic “resources” to kids every day online, in school and through social media.

Planned Parenthood promotes comprehensive sex education (CSE) — “rights-based” and “pleasure-based” curricula founded on the idea that children can consent to sexual activity. The International Planned Parenthood Federation, Planned Parenthood’s global non-profit, neatly summarizes:

Young people are sexual beings. They have sexual needs, desires, fantasies and dreams. It is important for all young people around the world to be able to explore, experience and express their sexualities in healthy, positive, pleasurable and safe ways. This can only happen when young people’s sexual rights are guaranteed.

Planned Parenthood and its allies helped create nearly all CSE curriculum taught in schools today, including a government-funded high school program called Get Real: Comprehensive Sex Education That Works.

An analysis of Get Real by Stop CSE, an online database cataloguing unproductive sex-ed curricula, found it contained 15 of 15 “harmful [CSE] elements” including:

  • Sexualizing children by “normalizing child sex or desensitizing children to sexual things.”
  • Teaching children to consent to sex.
  • Promoting premature sexual autonomy.
  • Promoting contraception and/or abortion to children.
  • Promoting gender ideology.
  • Promoting anal and oral sex.

Stop CSE writes scathingly:

Get Real contains the kinds of highly inappropriate material you would expect in a program written by Planned Parenthood.   

Get Real and other CSE programs often refer kids to Planned Parenthood’s website for more information. Its sex-ed page for teens includes free resources like:

  • Explicit, detailed descriptions of oral, vaginal and anal sex.
  • Suggestions to make painful sex more pleasurable.
  • An “All About Sex” page with a drop-down section describing different sex toys.
  • Misleading videos denying biological realities, like this one saying virginity “is complicated and really up to you to decide what you believe.”

The materials, ostensibly meant for teens, link to other Planned Parenthood pages like:

  • This page on “Sex and Pleasure”, which lists different kinds of sexual acts people might find pleasurable, like “sexting” and “reading or watching porn.”
  • This page on sex toys, which lists nine different kinds, describes their functions in great detail and explains how they validate people with gender confusion.
  • This page on orgasms, which describes them as releasing endorphins that might make you feel “sleepy, relaxed and happy afterwards.”

Similar information is available on Planned Parenthood’s social media pages. Posts are frequently emblazoned with the same cartoon pornography found in the coloring book PPGNHAIK gave to kids in Kentucky.

PPGNHAIK’s Instagram page includes posts with cartoon condoms and sex toys.

“Masturbation is normal — and it’s a great way for you to learn what you enjoy,” one post reads. “It also has benefits for mental and physical health.”

As bad as that is, Planned Parenthood’s main Instagram page is exponentially worse. Posts include “how to” guides for risky sexual behaviors, crude and explicit innuendo and pornographic illustrations.

So, Planned Parenthood’s dissemination of an explicit coloring book to kids, while horrifying, is decidedly not surprising. Planned Parenthoods peddles explicit materials to children all day, every day.

Kids that engage in premature sexual conduct inevitably need birth control, STD screenings and treatment and, according to Planned Parenthood, abortions — all the services that keep it powerful and profitable.

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