The United States Supreme Court has delivered a crippling blow to the abortion lobby, ruling 6–3 in Medina v. Planned Parenthood South Atlantic that states have the right to defund abortion providers and redirect taxpayer dollars to legitimate healthcare organizations.

The decision affirms that states — not Washington bureaucrats or radical judges — get to determine who qualifies for Medicaid funding, effectively empowering states like South Carolina to cut off abortion businesses such as Planned Parenthood from receiving public money.

Republican Gov. Henry McMaster of South Carolina has been leading that charge for nearly a decade. His administration’s defense in the case, backed by Alliance Defending Freedom and supported by 18 other states and the federal government, argued that states must have the freedom to support clinics that offer real, full-spectrum healthcare — not abortion-on-demand.

“For years, states have been forced to watch their taxpayers’ money funneled into abortion mills masquerading as women’s health centers,” a spokesperson for Alliance Defending Freedom said. “This ruling is a turning point.”

Planned Parenthood, the nation’s largest abortion provider, raked in $3.2 billion in taxpayer funds over five years, despite having $2.5 billion in net assets and raising hundreds of millions through private donations. The abortion giant now also ranks as the second-largest distributor of gender-transition drugs — many prescribed to minors, with minimal oversight.

According to public records, $899 million in funds sent from Planned Parenthood’s national headquarters to affiliates over the last five years did not go toward actual medical care.

Now, thanks to the Supreme Court’s ruling, South Carolina taxpayers will no longer be forced to bankroll Planned Parenthood’s abortion or gender-transition operations.

Instead, state residents can choose to support more than 200 clinics that offer real healthcare for women without pushing radical ideological agendas.

Other conservative states are already signaling plans to follow suit.

The ruling is just one of several major victories President Donald J. Trump has received from the Supreme Court’s emergency docket, also known as the “shadow docket.” These fast-tracked decisions — made without lengthy oral arguments — have allowed Trump to act decisively on some of the most important issues of his second term.

Just this month, the Court:

• Greenlit mass firings of deep-state bureaucrats as Trump moves to dismantle the administrative state
• Approved deportation of illegal aliens to third countries, even when those countries aren’t their place of origin
• Upheld the Pentagon’s authority to block transgender individuals from serving in the U.S. military
• Shielded portions of the DOJ from Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) requests, protecting key operations and personnel from Left-wing harassment

While these rulings are technically temporary, their immediate impact is massive. Legal scholars admit that when the Court rules in Trump’s favor on emergency matters, it often foreshadows a full victory if the case reaches the merits stage.

With this latest ruling in Medina, the Court has not only affirmed states’ rights and protected American taxpayers — it has also struck a direct blow against the abortion industrial complex and the radical gender movement it now supports.

President Trump’s judicial legacy — especially his three appointments to the Supreme Court — continues to pay dividends for the pro-life movement, defenders of religious liberty, and advocates of limited government.

The road ahead looks bright for red states ready to reclaim their authority, protect the unborn, and end taxpayer-funded extremism once and for all.