As I posted elsewhere, since 1976 the federal funding has been specifically prohibited for use for abortions. This is the typical cynical politician way of saying, “see we are not funding abortion.”
The fact is the funding keeps the doors opens so they can fund abortions.
The move by those wishing to refund is made because they understand how the funding works on this.
If you fund them you give them the ability to do abortions.
The feds should not be in the abortion business. Let them get private funding. Let states decide if they wish to fund.
It gets federal funds so they can kick it back as campaign donations..,