PRAISE GOD!: SOUTH CAROLINA GOVERNOR CUTS ALL FUNDING OF STATE ABORTION CLINICS

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South Carolina Gov. Henry McMaster (shown) issued an executive order
August 25 directing state agencies to cut off all funding to abortion
clinics in the state. The order directs the agencies to cease providing
both state and federal dollars via grants, contracts, state-administered
federal funds, or “any other form,” to all clinics performing the
murderous procedure.

Additionally, McMaster directed South Carolina’s Department of Health
and Human Services to seek waivers from the federal government allowing
the state to exclude abortion clinics from its Medicaid provider
network.

“There are a variety of agencies, clinics, and medical entities in
South Carolina that receive taxpayer funding to offer important women’s
health and family planning services without performing abortions,” Gov.
McMaster said in a statement. “Taxpayer dollars must not directly or
indirectly subsidize abortion providers like Planned Parenthood.”

Charleston, South Carolina’s Post and Courier newspaper
reported that three clinics in the state “offer elective abortions in
South Carolina, but only one of them is a Planned Parenthood clinic, in
Columbia.” The newspaper added that “federal law already prohibits
Medicaid money from being used to pay for abortions, with exceptions for
cases of rape, incest or when the mother’s life is in danger.”

Planned Parenthood responded to the directive with postured outrage.
“Today’s executive order issued by Governor McMaster hurts South
Carolinians in the name of politics,” said Jenny Black, a spokesperson
for Planned Parenthood South Atlantic, which administers the abortion
giant’s South Carolina franchise. “While he throws women under the bus
to score political points, Planned Parenthood South Atlantic will
continue to focus on providing the wide-range of accessible, affordable
health care services that our patients, and his constituents, rely on.
We will not stop fighting to protect our patients’ access to health
care.”

Similarly, Ann Warner of Columbia, South Carolina’s Women’s Rights
and Empowerment Network issued a statement declaring that “we cannot sit
quietly and allow this to happen. We need to speak out. We need to look
beyond political debates and remember that real people in our
communities are going to get hurt if this executive order is allowed to
stand.”

On the pro-life side, Marjorie Dannenfelser of the Susan B. Anthony
List thanked Gov. McMaster “for acting to ensure taxpayers fund
comprehensive primary and preventative care for women and families, not
abortion businesses like Planned Parenthood.”
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