Advancing American Freedom led a coalition of 31 amici in filing an amicus brief in Planned Parenthood v. Kennedy arguing that Planned Parenthood is not entitled to taxpayer funds. Earlier this year, Congress passed and President Trump signed the One Big Beautiful Bill Act which withdrew Medicaid funding from certain abortion clinics, including Planned Parenthood and its affiliates, for one year. Planned Parenthood sued the Trump Administration arguing that it was entitled to the funds regardless. AAF’s brief argues that, not only is Planned Parenthood not entitled to the funding it demands in part because such funding would be unconstitutional.
“Congress alone controls the federal power of the purse and is entitled to choose not to fund organizations like Planned Parenthood,” said AAF General Counsel J. Marc Wheat. “We urge the First Circuit to rule for the Administration and for Congress’s authority over federal spending.”
