It's Friday, June the 27th, 2025.

Welcome to this edition of the Daily Article Podcast.

I'm Chris Elkins with the Denison Forum, narrating today's daily article written by our

co-founder and CEO, Dr. Jim Denison.

The Supreme Court is expected to announce major decisions this morning on the birthright

citizenship, age verification for pornography sites, and several other contentious issues.

However, its ruling yesterday is already making headlines.

The court handed down a decision that could pave the way for states

to defund Planned Parenthood, the largest abortion provider in the U.S. The court did not address

the organization directly. Rather, the justices ruled that beneficiaries of Medicaid cannot sue

if they believe their right to a free choice of health care

provider has been violated. States are therefore free to stop providing Medicaid taxpayer funds

to organizations whose services they do not wish to underwrite. Since nearly half of those

treated at Planned Parenthood use Medicaid, this could significantly

defund the organization in states that oppose abortion. Those of us who believe life begins at

conception will be grateful for legal rulings that protect the preborn. But we are unwise to base

our hopes for our culture on such decisions. For example, yesterday

marked the 10th anniversary of Obergefell v. Hodges, the U.S. Supreme Court's ruling that

discovered a right to same-sex marriage in the U.S. Constitution. The ruling legalized

so-called marriage equality, even though, as Axios reports, 32 states have

constitutional or legislative bans against it. Measures in Idaho, Michigan, Montana, North

Dakota, and South Dakota have been introduced that would reverse the decision. In Missouri,

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