Pro-Life Leaders are Furious After Planned Parenthood Funding Resumes

Now that Medicaid funding has resumed to the Planned Parenthood abortion business, pro-life leaders are furious.

Representatives of leading pro-life organizations are sorely disappointed with Republicans in Congress for not passing a reconciliation bill to defund Planned Parenthood a second time. As a result, the biggest abortion company in America will get another $600 million or more in taxpayer dollars to prop up its baby-killing business at a time when Planned Parenthood announced it killed a record 434,450 babies in abortions last year.

Here’s some quotes from pro-life advocates who are upset by the terrible development:

“The bottom line, pro-life voters want to see healthcare money invested with those who intend for their patients to survive with their lives and fertility intact,” Kristan Hawkins, president of Students for Life Action and Students for Life of America, said in a statement.

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Students for Life Action recently picketed outside the Republican National Committee headquarters, urging Republicans not to abandon anti-abortion voters and commit to defunding Planned Parenthood again.

“It is the default expectation of the pro-life movement for Congress to renew the defunding of Planned Parenthood and abortion businesses, and the politically smart thing for Republicans who must energize the base to win in November,” Kelsey Pritchard, communications director for Susan B. Anthony Pro-Life America, said in a statement to The Hill. “SBA is doing our part by investing $160 million in 2026 and 2028 for Republican pro-life candidates, now Republicans must do their part in doing everything they can to once again defund Big Abortion.”

Lila Rose, president of the anti-abortion group Live Action, said allowing the ban to expire was a “moral failure” that needs to be corrected immediately.

“President Trump and Congress must act as fast as possible to restore and extend the defunding of Planned Parenthood and every organization that commits abortion,” Rose said in a statement.

There is some hope for progress.

Speaker Mike Johnson has said he wants a third reconciliation bill when the House returns from its Independence Day vacation. But accomplishing the vote may be harder to accomplish given the proximity of the midterm elections and the very slim margin Republicans hold in both chambers.

The ban, part of the One Big Beautiful Bill Act signed by President Trump on July 4, 2025, had blocked Medicaid reimbursements to Planned Parenthood and similar abortion organizations that kill unborn babies. Its expiration allows federal funds to resume flowing to the group for non-abortion activities.

Live Action will lead a Nationwide Day of Prayer on July 16 with a live webcast featuring Rose and other prominent pro-life voices. The event aims to rally Americans to pray, speak out and demand that Congress defund Planned Parenthood now.