Abby Johnson’s Official Statement on the Supreme Court ruling in the case Medina v. Planned Parenthood South Atlantic, allowing states to cut off Medicaid funding to Planned Parenthood:

“While not directly related to abortion access, this case could have extensive ramifications for Planned Parenthood, who relies on Medicaid funding for services they hardly provide and have a long history of defrauding. When I worked at Planned Parenthood, we regularly overbilled Medicaid - if a package of birth control pills only cost us $3, we would bill Medicaid upwards of $30 and pocket the difference. In Iowa, Planned Parenthood made nearly $30 million this way and eventually were sued by my friend, Sue Thayer, who worked there for almost 20 years. Planned Parenthood was also sued in Texas for Medicaid fraud, where they lost and had to pay back $4.3 million.

Medicaid money must go to low-income families for actual healthcare and when it doesn't, these families suffer and aren't able to get the care they need. Planned Parenthood cares so little for low-income women that they are willing to not only defraud the system for money but also purposely take away federal funds from families in desperate need. I hope more pro-life states follow South Carolina's lead and ban Medicaid funding from Planned Parenthood. There are other, better places to go for real healthcare, like Federally Funded Community Health Centers, which outnumber Planned Parenthood clinics 15-to-1."
1:31 AM · Jun 27, 2025 · 3,337 Views