Pro-Life Groups Celebrate Defunding of Planned Parenthood, Push for More Permanent Action

Breitbart ^ | Independence Day 2025 | Katherine Hamilton

[Morgana]

Pro-life organizations are praising Congress for passing the “Big, Beautiful Bill” on Thursday, which strips federal taxpayer dollars to abortion-giant Planned Parenthood through Medicaid.

The provision was allowed to remain in the final version of the budget reconciliation bill after Senate Republicans changed the timing of defunding from ten years to one year. While pro-life organizations view the move as a battle won, they are pledging to continue fighting to have the organization permanently defunded through debarment.

“For years, we’ve said that forced taxpayer funding of Planned Parenthood & Big Abortion could end, arguing with our political friends and enemies that being good at paperwork doesn’t make Planned Parenthood qualified for anything. Never again should we need to make that case. The Supreme Court, the U.S. Senate, the U.S. House, and, soon, we believe President Trump, will all have agreed with the Pro-Life Generation that Planned Parenthood can go fund themselves,” Students for Life Action President Kristan Hawkins said.

“It’s disappointing that rather than a 10-year stop in funding, we have only a one-year pause. But that one year shows that the one thing Planned Parenthood most fears can happen. Now, we all know that it’s possible to tell them, YOU’RE FIRED,” she added. “A One-Year Pause in forced taxpayer funding to Planned Parenthood means that right as the midterm elections are underway, we will have to have this debate again. But for a more permanent change, debarment is the right next step. Even the U.S. Senate Parliamentarian, who had too big a role in this process, can’t think that a discredited vendor must be paid.”

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TOPICS: Business/Economy; Front Page News; Government; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: abortion; plannedparenthood; prolife

[CondoleezzaProtege]

Senate Republicans changed the timing of defunding from ten years to one year.

[PGalt]

HOORAY President Trump!

[CondoleezzaProtege]

The point of the article was to guard against complacency because the original bill defunded PP for 10 years, now it’s just 1 year thanks to certain Republicans (probably Collins, Murkowski, and the like) who refused to vote Yes otherwise.

[No name given]

Times one million.

[PGalt]

Thanks for that information.

[CondoleezzaProtege]

The title is misleading. Its defunded for a year and that’s it.

[shelterguy]

“”’The title is misleading. Its defunded for a year and that’s it.”””

For now. They can hopefully add years in another bill.

[Dan in Wichita]

For now. They can hopefully add years in another bill.

That's absolutely correct. Not only that, any future Congress could pass a law to fund PP once again. The "Ten year ban" actually meant nothing.

Lots of FReepers are trying not to understand these facts so as to have something to bitch about.

[spintreebob]

“as the midterm elections are underway, we will have to have this debate again”

In the midterms this issue will not be the #1 or #2 issue. But it will be an issue to motivate, not not motivate, a certain section of the voter population to vote....or not vote.

Which side will produce the motivational message to get out their voters?

Which side will recognize that it is not the #1 issue and use their side to reinforce their side on the #1 and #2 issues?