Conservatives Unite to End Taxpayer Funding for Abortion Providers

By: Elizabeth Troutman Mitchell | The Daily Signal

FIRST ON THE DAILY SIGNAL—The pro-life movement has determined its newest priority: preventing Planned Parenthood from receiving full funding again, starting July 4.

“Next year, our nation will mark its 250th anniversary. A celebration of human dignity and the God-given rights proclaimed in our founding,” Live Action founder and president Lila Rose told The Daily Signal. “But we cannot celebrate freedom while subsidizing the killing of American children.”

President Donald Trump’s “One, Big Beautiful Bill” instructed the federal government to end Medicaid payments for one year to abortion providers, such as Planned Parenthood, that received more than $800,000,000 from Medicaid in 2023.

But on July 4, America’s 250th birthday, Planned Parenthood is set to regain full taxpayer funding.

A pro-life coalition led by Live Action has set its sights on working with Congress to prevent that from happening. Members of the movement who plan to prioritize this issue include Students for Life, CatholicVote, National Right to Life, Susan B. Anthony Pro-Life America, Family Research Council, The Heritage Foundation, March for Life, Advancing American Freedom, and pro-life congressional staffers.

The pro-life movement is calling for “a permanent taxpayer defund of all organizations that commit abortion, not another temporary restriction that can be undone from one year to the next,” Rose said.

“As we prepare to honor our country, we must return to the truth declared at our beginning that all men are created equal and endowed by their Creator with the right to life,” Rose said. “We cannot meaningfully celebrate that principle while simultaneously funding the destruction of our most vulnerable. It is time for Planned Parenthood to be permanently defunded and completely shut down.”

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