Hundreds of millions of tax dollars for abortion ‘never intended’
By Carole Novielli, Live Action News
Elon Musk, the CEO of SpaceX and Tesla, along with former Presidential candidate and businessman Vivek Ramaswamy, were recently tapped by President-Elect Donald Trump to head the Department of Government Efficiency, or DOGE, a new Government agency tasked with reducing waste and spending. Now, it appears that defunding Planned Parenthood could be in their sights.
Musk and Ramaswamy specified in a recent op-ed published by the Wall Street Journal (WSJ) that “We will serve as outside volunteers, not federal officials or employees. Unlike government commissions or advisory committees, we won’t just write reports or cut ribbons. We’ll cut costs,” adding, “The two of us will advise DOGE at every step to pursue three major kinds of reform: regulatory rescissions, administrative reductions and cost savings,” they wrote. “We will focus particularly on driving change through executive action based on existing legislation rather than by passing new laws. Our North Star for reform will be the U.S. Constitution, with a focus on two critical Supreme Court rulings issued during President Biden’s tenure.” These rulings appear to be West Virginia v. Environmental Protection Agency (2022) and Loper Bright v. Raimondo (2024).
“DOGE will present this list of regulations to President Trump, who can, by executive action, immediately pause the enforcement of those regulations and initiate the process for review and rescission,” the duo also wrote, claiming they are “focused on delivering cost savings for taxpayers.”