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  23. <title>Planned Parenthood Permanently Closes Abortion Biz</title>
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  32. <description><![CDATA[<p>Planned Parenthood has permanently closed its abortion center on Euclid Avenue in Cleveland, Ohio, citing the recent loss of Title X federal funding. A sign taped to the front door announced the decision, stating the closure was “effective immediately” and blaming the Trump administration for disrupting operations, ABC Cleveland News 5 reported June 30. The note read, “Because [&#8230;]</p>
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  35. <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><span id="more-135395"></span>Planned Parenthood <a href="http://lifenews.com/2025/07/01/cleveland-planned-parenthood-shuts-down-cites-trump-funding-cuts/">has permanently closed its abortion center</a> on Euclid Avenue in Cleveland, Ohio, citing the recent loss of Title X federal funding.</p>
  36. <p data-beyondwords-marker="400eff78-91dd-4c0a-b5c9-cabf16a8950c">A sign taped to the front door announced the decision, stating the closure was “effective immediately” and blaming the Trump administration for disrupting operations, <em>ABC Cleveland News 5 </em><a href="https://www.news5cleveland.com/news/local-news/planned-parenthood-shuts-down-cleveland-health-center-blames-federal-funding-cuts" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">reported</a> June 30.</p>
  37. <p data-beyondwords-marker="478a56b3-f0da-4361-bea9-a84b09d6e69f">The note read, “Because our Title X funds have been withheld, this health center is closed effective immediately. Ongoing attacks from the Trump Administration have disrupted the essential services we provide to the Cleveland Community.”</p>
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  52. <p>Planned Parenthood of Greater Ohio issued a statement affirming that the closure “was not made lightly,” noting that the location had operated in the area for more than a decade.</p>
  53. <p data-beyondwords-marker="cfd83da2-f39a-4d47-bd2a-6fefcdaac81a">Cleveland Right to Life responded to the news with a July 1 statement thanking “God for the legislators who stood up to the most-evil organization of our time, Planned Parenthood,” <em>Ideastream Public Media</em> <a href="https://www.ideastream.org/health/2025-07-01/trump-administration-cuts-shutter-clevelands-planned-parenthood-residents-worry-whats-to-come?utm_source=chatgpt.com" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">reported</a>.</p>
  54. <p data-beyondwords-marker="1682eb08-2249-492a-8ef8-f14d107d315d">While Planned Parenthood has consistently argued that it offers a wide range of reproductive and sexual health care, its involvement in abortion remains central. The loss of Title X funds, which under revised guidelines cannot subsidize abortion providers, has led to a nationwide reshuffling of operations for groups unwilling to separate abortion from other services.</p>
  55. <p><em>LifeNews Note: Rachel Quackenbush writes for CatholicVote, where this column <a href="https://catholicvote.org/cleveland-planned-parenthood-permanently-closes-title-x-cuts/?mkt_tok=NDI3LUxFUS0wNjYAAAGbbpsJ47XVOyr6rpbByGZ6Us0HRTzLi8Achv-_xdtQyYgl-wi2sabbA86LM9x_0axtFrBPlAN5ENJZ0hJRVxPx3rhWwseTgTkgdokYYn7f2A">originally appeared.</a></em></p>
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  64. <title>After Banning Abortions, Arkansas Awards $2 Million to Support Moms in Need</title>
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  73. <description><![CDATA[<p>The State of Arkansas awarded $2 million to pregnancy resource centers during its 2024-2025 fiscal year, according to the state transparency website. Last year the Arkansas Legislature appropriated $2 million in grants to promote maternal wellness and provide material support to women with unplanned pregnancies. Pregnancy resource centers, maternity homes, adoption agencies, and similar charities can apply for [&#8230;]</p>
  74. <p>The post <a href="https://www.lifenews.com/2025/07/05/after-banning-abortions-arkansas-awards-2-million-to-support-moms-in-need/">After Banning Abortions, Arkansas Awards $2 Million to Support Moms in Need</a> appeared first on <a href="https://www.lifenews.com">LifeNews.com</a>.</p>
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  76. <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><span id="more-135393"></span>The State of Arkansas awarded $2 million to pregnancy resource centers during its 2024-2025 fiscal year, <a href="http://transparency.arkansas.gov/">according to the state transparency website</a>.</p>
  77. <p>Last year <a href="https://familycouncil.org/?p=28403">the Arkansas Legislature appropriated</a> $2 million in grants to promote maternal wellness and provide material support to women with unplanned pregnancies.</p>
  78. <p>Pregnancy resource centers, maternity homes, adoption agencies, and similar charities can apply for state grant funding, but Arkansas does not fund abortionists or their affiliates.</p>
  79. <p><a href="https://familycouncil.org/?p=23966">Since 2022,</a> Family Council has worked with the Arkansas Legislature and the governor to <a href="https://familycouncil.org/?p=28403">secure funding every year for pregnancy resource centers</a>. These state-funded grants have helped support <a href="https://familycouncil.org/?p=30989">dozens of organizations that assist women and children in Arkansas</a>.</p>
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  94. <p>Arkansas’ fiscal year ended on Monday. All told, 35 organizations received funding in the 2024-2025 budget cycle. That’s something to celebrate!</p>
  95. <p>Pregnancy resource centers give women real options besides abortion. That is why <a href="https://familycouncil.org/?p=30162">many states provide these organizations with funding</a>.</p>
  96. <p>As we always say, it’s important to pass laws to prohibit abortion, but we also need to help women with unplanned pregnancies.</p>
  97. <p>This year Family Council was able to <a href="https://familycouncil.org/?p=30459">work with lawmakers</a> to secure another $2 million in grant money for pregnancy help organizations in the state’s 2025-2026 budget cycle. We expect the State of Arkansas to begin accepting grant applications later this year.</p>
  98. <p>Below is a list of pregnancy help organizations and the amount of grant funding each received from the State of Arkansas between July 1, 2024, and June 30, 2025.</p>
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  103. <td class="has-text-align-left" data-align="left"><strong>Organization</strong></td>
  104. <td class="has-text-align-left" data-align="left"><strong>Doing Business As</strong></td>
  105. <td class="has-text-align-right" data-align="right"><strong>Grant Funding</strong></td>
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  108. <td class="has-text-align-left" data-align="left">INFORMED CHOICES WOMENS CENTER OF THE OZ</td>
  109. <td class="has-text-align-left" data-align="left"></td>
  110. <td class="has-text-align-right" data-align="right">$128,474.43</td>
  111. </tr>
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  113. <td class="has-text-align-left" data-align="left">HEART TO HEART PREGNANCY SUPPORT CENTER</td>
  114. <td class="has-text-align-left" data-align="left"></td>
  115. <td class="has-text-align-right" data-align="right">$81,321.88</td>
  116. </tr>
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  118. <td class="has-text-align-left" data-align="left">OPEN ARMS PREGNANCY CENTER INC</td>
  119. <td class="has-text-align-left" data-align="left"></td>
  120. <td class="has-text-align-right" data-align="right">$81,321.00</td>
  121. </tr>
  122. <tr>
  123. <td class="has-text-align-left" data-align="left">ARKANSAS BAPTIST CHILDRENS HOMES AND FAM</td>
  124. <td class="has-text-align-left" data-align="left">LIVING WELL COUNSELING</td>
  125. <td class="has-text-align-right" data-align="right">$81,301.88</td>
  126. </tr>
  127. <tr>
  128. <td class="has-text-align-left" data-align="left">CRISIS PREGNANCY CENTER OF CENTRAL ARKAN</td>
  129. <td class="has-text-align-left" data-align="left">CARING HEARTS PREGNANCY CENTER</td>
  130. <td class="has-text-align-right" data-align="right">$81,209.26</td>
  131. </tr>
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  133. <td class="has-text-align-left" data-align="left">HOPEPLACE NEWPORT</td>
  134. <td class="has-text-align-left" data-align="left"></td>
  135. <td class="has-text-align-right" data-align="right">$80,321.88</td>
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  138. <td class="has-text-align-left" data-align="left">CRADLE THE MATERNITY SUPPORT CENTER OF C</td>
  139. <td class="has-text-align-left" data-align="left">KATHLEEN BLOSSOM</td>
  140. <td class="has-text-align-right" data-align="right">$80,321.88</td>
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  143. <td class="has-text-align-left" data-align="left">PATHWAY RESOURCE CENTER</td>
  144. <td class="has-text-align-left" data-align="left"></td>
  145. <td class="has-text-align-right" data-align="right">$78,981.88</td>
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  147. <tr>
  148. <td class="has-text-align-left" data-align="left">LIFES CHOICE PREGNANCY CARE CENTER</td>
  149. <td class="has-text-align-left" data-align="left"></td>
  150. <td class="has-text-align-right" data-align="right">$75,856.88</td>
  151. </tr>
  152. <tr>
  153. <td class="has-text-align-left" data-align="left">BAPTIST HEALTH FOUNDATION</td>
  154. <td class="has-text-align-left" data-align="left"></td>
  155. <td class="has-text-align-right" data-align="right">$74,821.88</td>
  156. </tr>
  157. <tr>
  158. <td class="has-text-align-left" data-align="left">CRITTENDEN COUNTY CARES</td>
  159. <td class="has-text-align-left" data-align="left"></td>
  160. <td class="has-text-align-right" data-align="right">$50,004.00</td>
  161. </tr>
  162. <tr>
  163. <td class="has-text-align-left" data-align="left">HOPEPLACE – FORDYCE</td>
  164. <td class="has-text-align-left" data-align="left"></td>
  165. <td class="has-text-align-right" data-align="right">$50,000.00</td>
  166. </tr>
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  168. <td class="has-text-align-left" data-align="left">PLUM FOUNDATION</td>
  169. <td class="has-text-align-left" data-align="left">PEACE LOVE UNDERSTANDING MERCY</td>
  170. <td class="has-text-align-right" data-align="right">$50,000.00</td>
  171. </tr>
  172. <tr>
  173. <td class="has-text-align-left" data-align="left">NEW BEGINNINGS PREGNANCY HELP CENTER OF</td>
  174. <td class="has-text-align-left" data-align="left"></td>
  175. <td class="has-text-align-right" data-align="right">$50,000.00</td>
  176. </tr>
  177. <tr>
  178. <td class="has-text-align-left" data-align="left">ST BERNARDS DEVELOPMENT FOUNDATION</td>
  179. <td class="has-text-align-left" data-align="left"></td>
  180. <td class="has-text-align-right" data-align="right">$50,000.00</td>
  181. </tr>
  182. <tr>
  183. <td class="has-text-align-left" data-align="left">NEW BEGINNINGS PREGNANCY CENTER</td>
  184. <td class="has-text-align-left" data-align="left"></td>
  185. <td class="has-text-align-right" data-align="right">$50,000.00</td>
  186. </tr>
  187. <tr>
  188. <td class="has-text-align-left" data-align="left">CHANGEPOINT PREGNANCY CARE AND PARENTING</td>
  189. <td class="has-text-align-left" data-align="left"></td>
  190. <td class="has-text-align-right" data-align="right">$50,000.00</td>
  191. </tr>
  192. <tr>
  193. <td class="has-text-align-left" data-align="left">COMPASSION MINISTRIES LTD</td>
  194. <td class="has-text-align-left" data-align="left"></td>
  195. <td class="has-text-align-right" data-align="right">$50,000.00</td>
  196. </tr>
  197. <tr>
  198. <td class="has-text-align-left" data-align="left">HOPEPLACE MONTICELLO</td>
  199. <td class="has-text-align-left" data-align="left"></td>
  200. <td class="has-text-align-right" data-align="right">$50,000.00</td>
  201. </tr>
  202. <tr>
  203. <td class="has-text-align-left" data-align="left">ST FRANCIS HOUSE NWA INC</td>
  204. <td class="has-text-align-left" data-align="left">COMMUNITY CLINIC</td>
  205. <td class="has-text-align-right" data-align="right">$50,000.00</td>
  206. </tr>
  207. <tr>
  208. <td class="has-text-align-left" data-align="left">SOUTH ARKANSAS CARING PREGNANCY CENTER</td>
  209. <td class="has-text-align-left" data-align="left">HANNAH PREGNANCY RESOURCE CENTER</td>
  210. <td class="has-text-align-right" data-align="right">$50,000.00</td>
  211. </tr>
  212. <tr>
  213. <td class="has-text-align-left" data-align="left">PREGNANCY HELP CENTER</td>
  214. <td class="has-text-align-left" data-align="left">PREGNANCY HELP CLINIC</td>
  215. <td class="has-text-align-right" data-align="right">$50,000.00</td>
  216. </tr>
  217. <tr>
  218. <td class="has-text-align-left" data-align="left">ST JOSEPHS HELPERS OF PULASKI COUNTY</td>
  219. <td class="has-text-align-left" data-align="left">ARKANSAS PREGNANCY RESOURCE CENTER</td>
  220. <td class="has-text-align-right" data-align="right">$50,000.00</td>
  221. </tr>
  222. <tr>
  223. <td class="has-text-align-left" data-align="left">OPTIONS A PREGNANCY RESOURCE CENTER INC</td>
  224. <td class="has-text-align-left" data-align="left">OPTIONS</td>
  225. <td class="has-text-align-right" data-align="right">$50,000.00</td>
  226. </tr>
  227. <tr>
  228. <td class="has-text-align-left" data-align="left">ABUNDANT LIFE PREGNANCY RESOURCE CENTER</td>
  229. <td class="has-text-align-left" data-align="left"></td>
  230. <td class="has-text-align-right" data-align="right">$49,876.00</td>
  231. </tr>
  232. <tr>
  233. <td class="has-text-align-left" data-align="left">FORT SMITH CHRISTIAN FAMILY SERVICES INC</td>
  234. <td class="has-text-align-left" data-align="left">1ST CHOICE PREGNANCY MEDICAL CENTER</td>
  235. <td class="has-text-align-right" data-align="right">$49,850.00</td>
  236. </tr>
  237. <tr>
  238. <td class="has-text-align-left" data-align="left">HOPE OF THE DELTA CENTER</td>
  239. <td class="has-text-align-left" data-align="left"></td>
  240. <td class="has-text-align-right" data-align="right">$49,349.04</td>
  241. </tr>
  242. <tr>
  243. <td class="has-text-align-left" data-align="left">DISCERNMENT LLC</td>
  244. <td class="has-text-align-left" data-align="left"></td>
  245. <td class="has-text-align-right" data-align="right">$49,185.00</td>
  246. </tr>
  247. <tr>
  248. <td class="has-text-align-left" data-align="left">ACTS OF HOPE INC</td>
  249. <td class="has-text-align-left" data-align="left">ACTS OF HOPE, PREGNANCY RESOURCE CENTER</td>
  250. <td class="has-text-align-right" data-align="right">$48,776.00</td>
  251. </tr>
  252. <tr>
  253. <td class="has-text-align-left" data-align="left">CHOICES PREGNANCY RESOURCE CLINIC INC</td>
  254. <td class="has-text-align-left" data-align="left"></td>
  255. <td class="has-text-align-right" data-align="right">$45,048.00</td>
  256. </tr>
  257. <tr>
  258. <td class="has-text-align-left" data-align="left">ASSEMBLIES OF GOD FAMILY SERVICES</td>
  259. <td class="has-text-align-left" data-align="left">COMPACT FAMILY SERVICES</td>
  260. <td class="has-text-align-right" data-align="right">$44,273.00</td>
  261. </tr>
  262. <tr>
  263. <td class="has-text-align-left" data-align="left">PREGNANCY RESOURCE CENTER FOR SOUTHWEST</td>
  264. <td class="has-text-align-left" data-align="left"></td>
  265. <td class="has-text-align-right" data-align="right">$43,700.00</td>
  266. </tr>
  267. <tr>
  268. <td class="has-text-align-left" data-align="left">HOPES FIRST CHOICE PREGNANCY RESOURCE CE</td>
  269. <td class="has-text-align-left" data-align="left"></td>
  270. <td class="has-text-align-right" data-align="right">$26,415.00</td>
  271. </tr>
  272. <tr>
  273. <td class="has-text-align-left" data-align="left">CENTRAL BAPTIST ASSOCIATION</td>
  274. <td class="has-text-align-left" data-align="left">BREATH OF LIFE PREGNANCY RESOURCE CENTER</td>
  275. <td class="has-text-align-right" data-align="right">$26,249.00</td>
  276. </tr>
  277. <tr>
  278. <td class="has-text-align-left" data-align="left">ARKANSAS PREGNANCY NETWORK</td>
  279. <td class="has-text-align-left" data-align="left"></td>
  280. <td class="has-text-align-right" data-align="right">$20,423.82</td>
  281. </tr>
  282. <tr>
  283. <td class="has-text-align-left" data-align="left"><strong>Total</strong></td>
  284. <td class="has-text-align-left" data-align="left"></td>
  285. <td class="has-text-align-right" data-align="right"><strong>$1,997,081.71</strong></p>
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  287. <p>&nbsp;</td>
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  292. <p>The post <a href="https://www.lifenews.com/2025/07/05/after-banning-abortions-arkansas-awards-2-million-to-support-moms-in-need/">After Banning Abortions, Arkansas Awards $2 Million to Support Moms in Need</a> appeared first on <a href="https://www.lifenews.com">LifeNews.com</a>.</p>
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  299. <title>Planned Parenthood Kills Babies, Of Course It Shouldn&#8217;t Get Medicaid Funds</title>
  300. <link>https://www.lifenews.com/2025/07/05/planned-parenthood-kills-babies-of-course-it-shouldnt-get-medicaid-funds/</link>
  302. <dc:creator><![CDATA[Daniel Schmid]]></dc:creator>
  303. <pubDate>Sat, 05 Jul 2025 20:05:55 +0000</pubDate>
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  308. <description><![CDATA[<p>In the debate over whether individuals can enforce rights under laws passed via the Spending Clause of Article I, Section 8 of the U.S. Constitution, one significant truth clearly emerges from the recent Supreme Court decision in Medina v. Planned Parenthood South Atlantic: states have the authority to defund Planned Parenthood through Medicaid, and there is [&#8230;]</p>
  309. <p>The post <a href="https://www.lifenews.com/2025/07/05/planned-parenthood-kills-babies-of-course-it-shouldnt-get-medicaid-funds/">Planned Parenthood Kills Babies, Of Course It Shouldn&#8217;t Get Medicaid Funds</a> appeared first on <a href="https://www.lifenews.com">LifeNews.com</a>.</p>
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  311. <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><span id="more-135391"></span>In the debate over whether individuals can enforce rights under laws passed via the Spending Clause of Article I, Section 8 of the U.S. Constitution, one significant truth clearly emerges from the recent Supreme Court decision in <a href="https://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/24pdf/23-1275_e2pg.pdf">Medina v. Planned Parenthood South Atlantic</a>: states have the authority to defund Planned Parenthood through Medicaid, and there is nothing Abortion, Inc. can do about it.</p>
  312. <h3>Medicaid’s Purpose and South Carolina’s Action</h3>
  313. <p>Sixty years ago, Congress created Medicaid to provide health care services to those who Congress deemed at the time to be unable to pay for basic health care needs. In one of the House Reports on the issue, Congress noted that Medicaid’s financial partnership between the federal government and the states was created because “these people are the most needy in the country and it is appropriate for medical care costs to be met, first, for these people.” Those most qualified for Medicaid dollars were individuals Congress declared as “categorically needy.”</p>
  314. <p>In Medina, the Supreme Court just reviewed a case involving South Carolina’s decision to exercise its authority under the Medicaid funding partnership to remove Planned Parenthood from its list of “qualified” providers. Planned Parenthood operates two facilities in South Carolina and claims to provide a host of services at each facility for individuals who qualify for Medicaid coverage. In what can only be described as the understatement of the year, the Supreme Court noted that these two facilities “also perform abortions.”</p>
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  329. <p>Notably, South Carolina has at least 140 other medical facilities that qualify to provide Medicaid services and at which any South Carolinian can obtain medical care, in addition to a host of private medical facilities that would also accept Medicaid patients throughout the state. In short, removing Planned Parenthood from the list of qualified providers in South Carolina would not even cause a blip on the radar for Medicaid recipients in the state.</p>
  330. <h3>South Carolina’s Rationale</h3>
  331. <p>Realizing it could continue to provide quality and widespread care to those who need it, without skipping a beat, South Carolina announced in 2018 that it was removing Planned Parenthood from the list of qualified providers under its Medicaid program. The reason?</p>
  332. <p>South Carolina state law prohibits the use of public funds for abortion, and even Medicaid dollars not directly designated for abortion indirectly subsidizes Planned Parenthood’s abortion activities, which violates state law and the ethical standards of its citizens.</p>
  333. <p>In other words,<em> South Carolina made the prudent and principled decision that it refused to give its taxpayers’ hard-earned dollars to an entity designed for nothing more than the murder of innocent children in the womb.</em> Good for South Carolina. More states should follow its prudent path. So, too, should the United States Congress.</p>
  334. <h3>Protecting Public Trust and Upholding Ethics</h3>
  335. <p>By excluding abortion-related providers, South Carolina advanced its interests in promoting life and respecting the deeply held convictions of its citizens. This decision isn’t merely a matter of policy preferences; it reflects a bedrock principle: taxpayer funds must never subsidize activities that violate federal laws and basic human decency. Because Planned Parenthood is not only Abortion, Inc., and the largest murderer that has ever existed (in corporate form) — it is also the purveyor of the most grotesque and illegal trafficking of human body parts imaginable.</p>
  336. <p>The state plainly has discretion and a compelling interest in defunding such an entity. In fact, Liberty Counsel <a href="https://lc.org/PDFs/250210Brief-AmicusLibertyCounsel(Medinav.PannedParenthood).pdf">filed</a> an amicus brief in this case noting the law’s language allows for states to disqualify providers that engage in unethical and illegal practices, in which Planned Parenthood has been credibly implicated.</p>
  337. <p>As Liberty Counsel’s amicus brief demonstrated, Planned Parenthood officials have been caught on tape discussing the sale of fetal tissue, haggling over baby body part prices, and explaining how abortion procedures could be altered to ensure intact organs for sale. And, to add insult to injury, some of these conversations took place while the abortionist casually drank wine and ate a salad, as if the discussion of dismembering living children was just business as usual. Such conduct is not only a flagrant violation of federal law but is also simply abhorrent.</p>
  338. <p>Each state has the right— and indeed a duty — to ensure that its Medicaid dollars do not subsidize an organization engaged in such inhumane and unlawful practices. In fact, given that Medicaid is a taxpayer-funded program, public trust in its integrity is paramount. South Carolina has determined that funneling state funds to Planned Parenthood — an entity implicated in the unlawful sale of fetal tissue — undermines the program’s integrity and betrays the trust of the citizens who fund it.</p>
  339. <p>South Carolina reserves the right to ensure that its citizens’ taxpayer dollars are not distributed to organizations with a moral compass so lacking that it permits them to dismember living children for profit and describe it to others as if the subject of their abhorrent, grotesque, and unlawful practices was not another living human being. One would search in vain for a more compelling reason to exclude an organization from Medicaid’s program.</p>
  340. <h3>A Precedent for Other States and Congress</h3>
  341. <p>The Supreme Court’s ruling in Medina empowers other states to also cut off Planned Parenthood funding. Planned Parenthood is undeserving of taxpayer funds, and states now have a potent weapon in their arsenal to defund Abortion, Inc.</p>
  342. <p>Disqualifying Planned Parenthood as a Medicaid qualified provider would be a significant blow to the abortion giant and deprive it of essential taxpayer-funded financial calories. Then, if Congress would follow the lead of South Carolina and deprive Planned Parenthood of federal tax dollars, perhaps we could impose on it the same fate it has unconscionably imposed on millions of babies.</p>
  343. <p>Starve the beast — defund Planned Parenthood.</p>
  344. <p><img decoding="async" class="alignnone wp-image-74996" src="/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/defundplannedparenthood4.png" alt="" width="558" height="341" srcset="/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/defundplannedparenthood4.png 599w, /wp-content/uploads/2015/08/defundplannedparenthood4-150x92.png 150w, /wp-content/uploads/2015/08/defundplannedparenthood4-245x150.png 245w, /wp-content/uploads/2015/08/defundplannedparenthood4-190x116.png 190w" sizes="(max-width: 558px) 100vw, 558px" /></p>
  345. <p>The post <a href="https://www.lifenews.com/2025/07/05/planned-parenthood-kills-babies-of-course-it-shouldnt-get-medicaid-funds/">Planned Parenthood Kills Babies, Of Course It Shouldn&#8217;t Get Medicaid Funds</a> appeared first on <a href="https://www.lifenews.com">LifeNews.com</a>.</p>
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  352. <title>Planned Parenthood Dismembers Babies. Of Course It Should Have Been Defunded</title>
  353. <link>https://www.lifenews.com/2025/07/05/planned-parenthood-dismembers-babies-of-course-it-should-have-been-defunded/</link>
  355. <dc:creator><![CDATA[Congressman Chris Smith]]></dc:creator>
  356. <pubDate>Sat, 05 Jul 2025 20:01:00 +0000</pubDate>
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  361. <description><![CDATA[<p>“This bill includes many critical pro-middle class, pro-family, pro-life provisions.   Sec. 71113 of H.R. 1, for instance, prevents the abortion industry from receiving federal Medicaid funds for one year—a significant victory for women, children, and federal taxpayers. Rather than funding the multibillion-dollar abortion industry, which commits child decapitation, dismemberment and starvation under the guise of [&#8230;]</p>
  362. <p>The post <a href="https://www.lifenews.com/2025/07/05/planned-parenthood-dismembers-babies-of-course-it-should-have-been-defunded/">Planned Parenthood Dismembers Babies. Of Course It Should Have Been Defunded</a> appeared first on <a href="https://www.lifenews.com">LifeNews.com</a>.</p>
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  364. <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><span id="more-135389"></span>“This bill includes many critical pro-middle class, pro-family, pro-life provisions.   Sec. 71113 of H.R. 1, for instance, prevents the abortion industry from receiving federal Medicaid funds for one<br />
  365. year—a significant victory for women, children, and federal taxpayers. Rather than funding the multibillion-dollar abortion industry, which commits child decapitation, dismemberment and starvation under the guise of ‘health care,’ this provision enables the federal government to direct its Medicaid dollars to genuine, life-affirming health care options.</p>
  366. <p>“Taxpayers should not be forced to subsidize organizations like Planned Parenthood—Child Abuse Incorporated—, which raked in $1.5 billion in Medicaid reimbursements over three<br />
  367. years while going to extraordinary lengths to ignore, trivialize, and cover up the one thousand  battered baby-victims it kills every day and the ten million it has killed since<br />
  368. 1970.</p>
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  383. <p>“Let’s not forget that Planned Parenthood was founded by Margaret Sanger, a eugenicist and a racist who devoted an entire chapter in her book, ‘The Pivot of<br />
  384. Civilization,’ to what she called ‘The Cruelty of Charity’ and argued that care for impoverished, disenfranchised women, including women of color, especially pregnant<br />
  385. women, was ‘cruel.’</p>
  386. <p>“One method of abortion Planned Parenthood offers is the so-called abortion pill—mifepristone—baby poison that kills the child by starving the child to death. The Ethics and Public Policy Center’s report released two months ago found that the abortion pill that is used in over 60% of all abortions procured in the U.S. seriously harms women and that almost 11% of the women who take mifepristone experience serious side effects including sepsis, infection, hemorrhaging and other serious adverse events.”</p>
  387. <p><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" class="alignnone wp-image-75183" src="/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/defundplannedparenthood6.jpg" alt="" width="585" height="328" srcset="/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/defundplannedparenthood6.jpg 599w, /wp-content/uploads/2015/08/defundplannedparenthood6-150x84.jpg 150w, /wp-content/uploads/2015/08/defundplannedparenthood6-267x150.jpg 267w, /wp-content/uploads/2015/08/defundplannedparenthood6-190x107.jpg 190w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 585px) 100vw, 585px" /></p>
  388. <p>The post <a href="https://www.lifenews.com/2025/07/05/planned-parenthood-dismembers-babies-of-course-it-should-have-been-defunded/">Planned Parenthood Dismembers Babies. Of Course It Should Have Been Defunded</a> appeared first on <a href="https://www.lifenews.com">LifeNews.com</a>.</p>
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  395. <title>Planned Parenthood Has Been Killing Babies and Maiming Women for Decades, Defunding is Long Overdue</title>
  396. <link>https://www.lifenews.com/2025/07/05/planned-parenthood-has-been-killing-babies-and-maiming-women-for-decades-defunding-is-long-overdue/</link>
  398. <dc:creator><![CDATA[Raimundo Rojas]]></dc:creator>
  399. <pubDate>Sat, 05 Jul 2025 19:22:57 +0000</pubDate>
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  404. <description><![CDATA[<p>On Mother&#8217;s Day weekend in 1972, the International Planned Parenthood Federation (IPPF) unleashed one of the most grotesque chapters in abortion history: a mass experimental abortion event that permanently maimed women and killed their unborn children using a crude, violent device called the super coil. It happened in Philadelphia, and it was no accident. It was [&#8230;]</p>
  405. <p>The post <a href="https://www.lifenews.com/2025/07/05/planned-parenthood-has-been-killing-babies-and-maiming-women-for-decades-defunding-is-long-overdue/">Planned Parenthood Has Been Killing Babies and Maiming Women for Decades, Defunding is Long Overdue</a> appeared first on <a href="https://www.lifenews.com">LifeNews.com</a>.</p>
  406. ]]></description>
  407. <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><span id="more-135387"></span>On Mother&#8217;s Day weekend in 1972, the International Planned Parenthood Federation (IPPF) unleashed one of the most grotesque chapters in abortion history: a mass experimental abortion event that permanently maimed women and killed their unborn children using a crude, violent device called the <em>super coil</em>. It happened in Philadelphia, and it was no accident. It was calculated, coordinated, and funded by the world&#8217;s largest abortion syndicate, which until July 4, 2025, had received hundreds of millions of US taxpayer dollars.</p>
  408. <p style="font-weight: 400;">This event wasn&#8217;t just a medical tragedy; it was a brutal and bloody betrayal of women, a violation of every ethical standard in medicine, and a direct assault on human dignity. That Planned Parenthood carried out human experimentation on poor and vulnerable women in the name of advancing the &#8220;efficacy&#8221; of abortion should have ended public funding for the abortion industry right then and there. But here we are, decades later, giving them hundreds of millions of tax dollars a year, the Big Beautiful Bill has finally stopped funding the carnage.</p>
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  410. <p style="font-weight: 400;">The super coil wasn&#8217;t medicine. It was a weapon.</p>
  411. <p style="font-weight: 400;">Invented by Harvey Karman, an abortion zealot with a Ph.D. in psychology, not a medical degree, and a criminal record for performing illegal abortions, the device was nothing more than tightly wound plastic filaments, often made of polyethylene. These sharp, spring-loaded coils wrapped in seaweed were inserted blindly into the uterus using a cannula.</p>
  412. <p style="font-weight: 400;">In theory, once inside, the seaweed would dissolve, and the coils were then meant to &#8220;pop open&#8221; into jagged spirals. They sliced and irritated the uterine lining, shredded the baby, and dug into endometrial tissue. They hoped that this trauma would cause hemorrhaging and induce an abortion. The coils had no guidance system, no safety controls, no capacity for regulated expansion, and no regard for human anatomy. This was not surgical precision. This was blunt-force trauma administered from inside the womb.</p>
  413. <p style="font-weight: 400;">Planned Parenthood called this barbarity: reproductive care.</p>
  414. <p style="font-weight: 400;">The coils were neither sterile nor biodegradable. Infections, perforations, and incomplete abortions weren&#8217;t just possible theoretical outcomes; they were <em>expected complications</em>. Karman&#8217;s defenders conceded that the device worked <em>only</em> when used in conjunction with suction or surgical cleanup.</p>
  415. <p style="font-weight: 400;">That was the entire philosophy behind it: do just enough violence to trigger the body to finish the job and walk away. It was cheap, and it was fast, and the abortionists had no concern for what came next. Fifteen low-income African American women were about to find out.</p>
  416. <p style="font-weight: 400;">All of them were transported from Chicago to Philadelphia under a plan organized and funded by the International Planned Parenthood Federation. The so-called &#8220;demonstration project&#8221; was executed at the Philadelphia Health Federation Clinic by none other than Dr. Kermit Gosnell, that is, <em>the infamous Dr.</em> Gosnell, and the outcome was as expected.</p>
  417. <p style="font-weight: 400;">It was horrific. Nine of the fifteen women suffered catastrophic complications. Two needed emergency hysterectomies. One suffered a perforated uterus. All endured physical trauma. Some never fully recovered. There were no informed consent forms disclosing that they were test subjects. No oversight. No legal recourse. This was human experimentation on American women by a taxpayer-funded entity.</p>
  418. <p style="font-weight: 400;">Despite the carnage, no investigation was conducted. No indictments. No hearings. IPPF and its affiliates continued their operations without pause. Gosnell went on to become one of the most prolific and infamous abortionists in the country. Harvey Karman continued promoting his devices abroad.</p>
  419. <p style="font-weight: 400;">Planned Parenthood performs over 400,000 abortions every year. That&#8217;s more than 1,000 per day. And they receive over $600 million in taxpayer funding to keep their abattoir running. Their model is volume. Their ethic is expediency. And thanks to President Trump, their taxpayer funding will now end.</p>
  420. <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Unfortunately, it came too late for the countless women who have been injured and killed in their abortion centers over the last five decades.</span><span style="font-weight: 400;"> </span></p>
  421. <p><em>LifeNews.com Note: Raimundo Rojas is the Outreach Director for the National Right to Life Committee. He is a former president of Florida Right to Life and has presented the pro-life message to millions in Spanish-language media outlets. He represents NRLC at the United Nations as an NGO. Rojas was born in Santiago de las Vegas, Havana, Cuba and he and his family escaped to the United States in 1968.</em></p>
  422. <p><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" class="alignnone wp-image-75510" src="/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/defundplannedparenthood15.jpg" alt="" width="604" height="409" srcset="/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/defundplannedparenthood15.jpg 699w, /wp-content/uploads/2015/09/defundplannedparenthood15-150x102.jpg 150w, /wp-content/uploads/2015/09/defundplannedparenthood15-222x150.jpg 222w, /wp-content/uploads/2015/09/defundplannedparenthood15-190x129.jpg 190w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 604px) 100vw, 604px" /></p>
  423. <p>The post <a href="https://www.lifenews.com/2025/07/05/planned-parenthood-has-been-killing-babies-and-maiming-women-for-decades-defunding-is-long-overdue/">Planned Parenthood Has Been Killing Babies and Maiming Women for Decades, Defunding is Long Overdue</a> appeared first on <a href="https://www.lifenews.com">LifeNews.com</a>.</p>
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  430. <title>Planned Parenthood Promises to Sue President Trump for Signing Defunding Bill</title>
  431. <link>https://www.lifenews.com/2025/07/05/planned-parenthood-promises-to-sue-president-trump-for-signing-defunding-bill/</link>
  433. <dc:creator><![CDATA[Steven Ertelt]]></dc:creator>
  434. <pubDate>Sat, 05 Jul 2025 19:05:08 +0000</pubDate>
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  439. <description><![CDATA[<p>The nation&#8217;s biggest abortion business promises to file suit against the new bill President Donald Trump signed that defund Planned Parenthood. The recent passage of a major legislative bill signed by President Donald Trump on July 4, 2025, marks a significant victory in the effort to defund Planned Parenthood, the nation’s largest abortion company. The [&#8230;]</p>
  440. <p>The post <a href="https://www.lifenews.com/2025/07/05/planned-parenthood-promises-to-sue-president-trump-for-signing-defunding-bill/">Planned Parenthood Promises to Sue President Trump for Signing Defunding Bill</a> appeared first on <a href="https://www.lifenews.com">LifeNews.com</a>.</p>
  441. ]]></description>
  442. <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><span id="more-135385"></span>The nation&#8217;s biggest abortion business promises to file suit against the new bill President Donald Trump signed that defund Planned Parenthood.</p>
  443. <p><span class="css-1jxf684 r-bcqeeo r-1ttztb7 r-qvutc0 r-poiln3 r-1adg3ll r-1g7jtus r-1x3r274"><span class="css-1jxf684 r-bcqeeo r-1ttztb7 r-qvutc0 r-poiln3"><span class="css-1jxf684 r-bcqeeo r-1ttztb7 r-qvutc0 r-poiln3 r-1x3r274">The recent passage of a major legislative bill signed by President Donald Trump on July 4, 2025, marks a significant victory in the effort to defund Planned Parenthood, the nation’s largest abortion company. The bill, described as a multitrillion-dollar tax and spending package, includes a provision that strips Planned Parenthood of federal funding for one year, a move celebrated by pro-life advocates as a step toward ending taxpayer support for an organization that kills babies every day,</span></span></span></p>
  444. <p><span class="css-1jxf684 r-bcqeeo r-1ttztb7 r-qvutc0 r-poiln3 r-1adg3ll r-1x3r274 r-p1pxzi"><span class="css-1jxf684 r-bcqeeo r-1ttztb7 r-qvutc0 r-poiln3"><span class="css-1jxf684 r-bcqeeo r-1ttztb7 r-qvutc0 r-poiln3 r-1x3r274">Planned Parenthood’s CEO responded defiantly, vowing to sue the Trump administration, stating, “See you in court.” </span></span></span></p>
  445. <div><span class="css-1jxf684 r-bcqeeo r-1ttztb7 r-qvutc0 r-poiln3 r-1adg3ll r-1x3r274 r-p1pxzi"><span class="css-1jxf684 r-bcqeeo r-1ttztb7 r-qvutc0 r-poiln3"><span class="css-1jxf684 r-bcqeeo r-1ttztb7 r-qvutc0 r-poiln3 r-1x3r274">The organization claims the funding cut threatens its ability to provide non-abortion services like contraception and STI testing, warning of potential clinic closures even thogh it already decreases legit medical care while killing more babies in abortions. Pro-life advocates counter that other healthcare providers can fill the gap, citing South Carolina’s claim that 200 alternative clinics are available for Medicaid patients. They view Planned Parenthood’s legal threats as an attempt to preserve its financial lifeline while continuing to provide abortions, which they argue conflicts with the sanctity of life.</span></span></span></div>
  446. <p><span class="css-1jxf684 r-bcqeeo r-1ttztb7 r-qvutc0 r-poiln3 r-1adg3ll r-1g7jtus r-1x3r274"><span class="css-1jxf684 r-bcqeeo r-1ttztb7 r-qvutc0 r-poiln3"><span class="css-1jxf684 r-bcqeeo r-1ttztb7 r-qvutc0 r-poiln3 r-1x3r274">This defunding effort follows a recent Supreme Court ruling on June 26, 2025, which affirmed states’ rights to exclude Planned Parenthood from Medicaid programs, further emboldening pro-life efforts. The combination of legislative and judicial victories signals a robust push to limit Planned Parenthood’s influence, with pro-life supporters arguing that taxpayer money should not subsidize an organization tied to abortion, regardless of its other services.</span></span></span></p>
  447. <p><span class="css-1jxf684 r-bcqeeo r-1ttztb7 r-qvutc0 r-poiln3 r-1adg3ll r-1x3r274 r-p1pxzi"><span class="css-1jxf684 r-bcqeeo r-1ttztb7 r-qvutc0 r-poiln3"><span class="css-1jxf684 r-bcqeeo r-1ttztb7 r-qvutc0 r-poiln3 r-1x3r274">In summary, pro-life advocates see the bill’s passage and Trump’s signing as a historic achievement in their mission to defund Planned Parenthood, prioritizing the protection of unborn lives and redirecting public funds to alternative healthcare providers. Planned Parenthood’s pledge to sue is viewed as resistance to a policy that aligns with pro-life values and the will of Congress.</span></span></span></p>
  448. <div>
  449. <p>Trump signed a landmark bill on Thursday, July 4, 2025, that prohibits federal Medicaid funding to Planned Parenthood and other abortion companies.</p>
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  451. <div>The measure defunds Big Abortion for one year, marking a significant victory for pro-life advocates who have long sought to end taxpayer support for the nation’s largest abortion business.</div>
  452. <div>
  453. <p>Pro-life leaders hailed the signing as a historic step toward protecting unborn lives, calling it a sweeping legislative victory that marks a turning point for pro-life policy in America.“President Trump has once again delivered on his promise to protect the most vulnerable among us,” said Carol Tobias, president of National Right to Life. “With his signature on the ‘One Big Beautiful Bill,’ the flow of taxpayer dollars into the multibillion-dollar abortion industry will be halted for one year.”</p>
  454. <p>The legislation passed narrowly in Congress, demonstrating the strength and resolve of pro-life leadership in the House and Senate. National Right to Life commended House Speaker Mike Johnson, Senate Majority Leader John Thune, and the pro-life members of Congress who stood firm in their commitment to defend life.</p>
  455. <p>“This law is a historic step forward in fostering a culture that protects women and cherishes unborn children,” said Tobias. “It sends a clear message: We can, and must, support both mother and child. President Trump’s leadership made that vision a reality.”</p>
  456. <p>SBA Pro-Life America President Marjorie Dannenfelser celebrated the historic news, saying:</p>
  457. <blockquote>
  458. <p>“Thanks to President Trump and pro-life leaders in Congress, millions of Americans will no longer be forced to bankroll the abortion industry with their tax dollars. Defunding abortion businesses, led by Planned Parenthood, marks the greatest pro-life victory since the Dobbs decision.</p>
  459. <p>“For decades now, horror after horror has emerged about Planned Parenthood — from the sale of baby body parts to aiding abusers and traffickers, botched abortions, and even the deaths of women in their facilities. Today, the long-fought goal of defunding this industry is finally a reality and taxpayers are no longer forced to prop up a business that harms women and girls, delivers substandard care, and performs over 400,000 abortions every year.</p>
  460. <p>“Women and families deserve better. Community health centers, which outnumber Planned Parenthood facilities <a href="https://us.cisionone.cision.com/c/eJwszEuO3CAUheHVwOyWAPPygEFPahstDNcxCo8KXKeVrD6qqKff0flzUD5pYTkG6Yy01jiz8yuILMSmtNEKs3O7illamZ214tjQOMNLsN56nYwwOW37p5TK5uil3tyud6bFKhl_ll_QYqk4F3itk8_OHAe0r3XWx3vgNVxEr8W2D6aeTD3r-Ftwlr6o0E34GPMHU88zJoJ1IRKk0drdC_2BC2OlCxJ2evfHTf1uB0541dg7ZnjFiZ2uMTKcMZVaqOACaYAGSKaevGEuESZWjAuh5PAfPr-BbR9SGqF2PgNOwkpMi1pO7Pi1Hmk0vmgitvcxpzNHYxIY7Q_QUljw2yHBnYezGpWOQvPfQf0LAAD__1jqdRs" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://us.cisionone.cision.com/c/eJwszEuO3CAUheHVwOyWAPPygEFPahstDNcxCo8KXKeVrD6qqKff0flzUD5pYTkG6Yy01jiz8yuILMSmtNEKs3O7illamZ214tjQOMNLsN56nYwwOW37p5TK5uil3tyud6bFKhl_ll_QYqk4F3itk8_OHAe0r3XWx3vgNVxEr8W2D6aeTD3r-Ftwlr6o0E34GPMHU88zJoJ1IRKk0drdC_2BC2OlCxJ2evfHTf1uB0541dg7ZnjFiZ2uMTKcMZVaqOACaYAGSKaevGEuESZWjAuh5PAfPr-BbR9SGqF2PgNOwkpMi1pO7Pi1Hmk0vmgitvcxpzNHYxIY7Q_QUljw2yHBnYezGpWOQvPfQf0LAAD__1jqdRs&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1751774955614000&amp;usg=AOvVaw3g0oLmI6nQ4phtKwNfUEtI">15 to 1 nationwide</a>, provide comprehensive, compassionate, and accessible care to those in need. This historic victory is a decisive step toward ending the abortion industry’s grip on our tax dollars and redirecting resources to places that truly serve women and families.</p>
  461. <p>“This Independence Day, we’re grateful that the One Big Beautiful Bill delivers a historic victory for American freedom: stopping forced taxpayer funding of the abortion industry. We congratulate President Trump, Vice President Vance, Speaker Johnson, Leader Thune, and our pro-life friends in Congress for their tireless work to make this victory possible.”</p>
  462. </blockquote>
  463. <p>Benjamin Clapper, Executive Director of Louisiana Right to Life, praised the bill’s passage and signing:</p>
  464. <blockquote>
  465. <p>“Today is a historic day for America and for Louisiana. President Trump, with a stroke of a pen, has redirected our nation’s priorities away from abortion and toward adoption, compassion, and hope. We are incredibly proud that Louisiana played a leading role in this national victory. Speaker Mike Johnson and Majority Leader Steve Scalise have fought tirelessly to make this achievement a reality. They are heroes for life – not just for Louisiana, but for all of America.”</p>
  466. <p>“Taxpayers should never be forced to fund the abortion industry. Organizations like Planned Parenthood, whose mission is steeped in abortion, should not receive a single cent from our government.</p>
  467. <p>Across Louisiana and the nation, there are thousands of providers – federally qualified health centers, community health units, pregnancy centers, maternity homes, and more – that care for women and families without ending innocent lives, unlike Planned Parenthood. In Louisiana, there are 249 of these centers across the state that vastly outnumber the two Planned Parenthood facilities in Baton Rouge and New Orleans.”</p>
  468. </blockquote>
  469. <p>The second House vote was 218-214 with Republican Reps. Thomas Massie, R-Ky., a fiscal hawk, and Rep. Brian Fitzpatrick, R-Pa., a centrist, joining all Democrats in voting against it.</p>
  470. <p>The new law will redirect hundreds of millions in taxpayer dollars to community-based, pro-life healthcare providers and away from Planned Parenthood and Big Abortion.</p>
  471. <p>The bill, known as H.R. 1, marks a significant step in the pro-life movement’s long-standing effort to end federal funding for Planned Parenthood, a radical organization that kills over 400,000 babies in abortions annually while receiving more than $700 million in government funds.</p>
  472. <p>The defunding provision, outlined in Section 44126 of the bill, effectively terminates Medicaid reimbursements to Planned Parenthood, closing a loophole that has allowed the organization to access federal funds despite the Hyde Amendment’s ban on direct taxpayer funding for abortions. Pro-life leaders hailed the move as a fulfillment of decades-long promises to prioritize women’s health without supporting abortion.</p>
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  474. <p>Carol Tobias, president of National Right to Life, told LifeNews she was delighted by the news:</p>
  475. <blockquote>
  476. <p>We applaud pro-life members in Congress and pro-life leadership, including House Speaker Mike Johnson and Senate Majority Leader John Thune, for keeping their promises to the American people and delivering a bill that prevents taxpayer funds from subsidizing the abortion industry.</p>
  477. <p>For decades, Americans have made it clear that they do not want their tax dollars funding abortion. Today, Congress delivered.</p>
  478. <p>Women deserve compassionate, life-affirming care that upholds the dignity of both the mother and the baby. This legislation sends the message that we can—and should—foster a culture that cherishes both lives.</p>
  479. <p>The pro-life measure would also raise from $2,000 to $2,200 per child and enshrine it permanently in the tax code — replacing the temporary expansion set to expire after 2025.</p>
  480. </blockquote>
  481. <p dir="ltr">“The American people should not have to continue subsidizing the abortion industry – and now, thanks to the One Big Beautiful Bill, they won’t be,” said Jennie Bradley Lichter, President of March for Life Action. “We joyfully anticipate President Trump signing this landmark legislation, which ensures that Americans’ hard-earned tax dollars are not being used to prop up an industry whose business model is built on ending human lives, misleading pregnant women into thinking that abortion is their only option, and delivering substandard healthcare that they then charge to the government.</p>
  482. <p dir="ltr">“For years the <a href="https://www.kofc.org/en/resources/communications/polls/2025-marist-poll-results-all-crosstabulations.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.kofc.org/en/resources/communications/polls/2025-marist-poll-results-all-crosstabulations.pdf&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1751654689865000&amp;usg=AOvVaw0A84qGfoMnbqsV92OW5Hkt">majority of Americans</a> have said they reject this status quo. Women deserve better – America deserves better – and we thank President Trump, Speaker of the House Johnson, and Senate Majority Leader Thune, as well as all of the other pro-life champions in Congress who brought this bill across the finish line.”</p>
  483. <p>SBA Pro-Life America President Marjorie Dannenfelser celebrated the news, saying:</p>
  484. <blockquote>
  485. <p>“Defunding the abortion industry, led by Planned Parenthood, marks the greatest pro-life victory since the Dobbs decision. For the first time in history, Congress is halting forced taxpayer funding of Big Abortion in the Medicaid program for one year. This will save lives and strip over $500 million from Big Abortion’s coffers. Combined with last week’s Supreme Court <a href="https://d2sjcy04.na1.hubspotlinks.com/Ctc/DP+113/d2Sjcy04/VVxSvT8j7mbqV3nDRf8h68-SW6klx535yyMJGN52hRhd7j7nMW7lD3J86lZ3nGW1Hj9LK2wCp5fW3CSM5H880gMdW3NRynX6jP2fjW5ngWj31R1-pnW3MPFx33CB4lPW12q95d6-8chzW3ZsTH99dbQ9NW1TF_Wz2LP68NW5FRj5C5BLGmgW6YBR_p2JjVMNW1RJZqn3Ng0zbW1ftlWs15YyFkN2gLfj36llqcW7d6gtX8GqWx3W2T59JV3zz2R9W4k3KJn6_kT00N4VRYJ4F4VSlW1fMW3f6bzy6GW1brpzL3212PYW2NSCJS6QmFw7W60JDRw6BcZkxW20BX0z4nDlBHW2xtNTh4fxWCwW7g7YpM67Rzd-W6NJGls5VQbGbW9jClQq1DvjmCW7hyly92T5z69W6hJkcG5xfzVhW8cqTgx8l8ltxW2n5cyv2bjhR7W1JpzgY3Kc-_ZW5m44CX12MzCBN8p_hn8bdLJDW7q6SCV3p7TJgW1DNYmT92Kn7DW4FWqNJ40CcGZW3Bq3-n2YhyBPW4Y_T4M4093S9W9jXSqH8BpNZ8W21Whn57P4JhfW3YBgvq8lkFzgW2xYlnc9dKjcdW41bNB623MfvrW3ljpSs3DTcdRW64jmgv2n_hZbVWfsng8jJxfDW79qCFV2Qts4NW1PmMZZ5Z9wVyW8wP-D42mSrxnW1Mfvf691QldvW6YZ0tR2XYNxVW7X6_843rXy5lW6sQDx251Kqt-W6rjN5C8-7rHWW83Ksgk4T3W0kW6HDpLF972rWYf57TWMW04" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://d2Sjcy04.na1.hubspotlinks.com/Ctc/DP%2B113/d2Sjcy04/VVxSvT8j7mbqV3nDRf8h68-SW6klx535yyMJGN52hRhd7j7nMW7lD3J86lZ3nGW1Hj9LK2wCp5fW3CSM5H880gMdW3NRynX6jP2fjW5ngWj31R1-pnW3MPFx33CB4lPW12q95d6-8chzW3ZsTH99dbQ9NW1TF_Wz2LP68NW5FRj5C5BLGmgW6YBR_p2JjVMNW1RJZqn3Ng0zbW1ftlWs15YyFkN2gLfj36llqcW7d6gtX8GqWx3W2T59JV3zz2R9W4k3KJn6_kT00N4VRYJ4F4VSlW1fMW3f6bzy6GW1brpzL3212PYW2NSCJS6QmFw7W60JDRw6BcZkxW20BX0z4nDlBHW2xtNTh4fxWCwW7g7YpM67Rzd-W6NJGls5VQbGbW9jClQq1DvjmCW7hyly92T5z69W6hJkcG5xfzVhW8cqTgx8l8ltxW2n5cyv2bjhR7W1JpzgY3Kc-_ZW5m44CX12MzCBN8p_hn8bdLJDW7q6SCV3p7TJgW1DNYmT92Kn7DW4FWqNJ40CcGZW3Bq3-n2YhyBPW4Y_T4M4093S9W9jXSqH8BpNZ8W21Whn57P4JhfW3YBgvq8lkFzgW2xYlnc9dKjcdW41bNB623MfvrW3ljpSs3DTcdRW64jmgv2n_hZbVWfsng8jJxfDW79qCFV2Qts4NW1PmMZZ5Z9wVyW8wP-D42mSrxnW1Mfvf691QldvW6YZ0tR2XYNxVW7X6_843rXy5lW6sQDx251Kqt-W6rjN5C8-7rHWW83Ksgk4T3W0kW6HDpLF972rWYf57TWMW04&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1751655348624000&amp;usg=AOvVaw1AM21zfrI45MbMxVTRqL9A">decision</a> empowering states to do the same, this represents tremendous progress toward achieving a decades-long goal that has long proved elusive.</p>
  486. <p>“For decades, Big Abortion has siphoned off billions in tax dollars to prop up a scandal-ridden industry built on abortion and partisan politics. Planned Parenthood alone commits over 400,000 abortions a year while services like cancer screenings continue to <a href="https://d2sjcy04.na1.hubspotlinks.com/Ctc/DP+113/d2Sjcy04/VVxSvT8j7mbqV3nDRf8h68-SW6klx535yyMJGN52hRhR9gHVYW8wM-gK6lZ3pSW4bJkym8VlYwmW2fLVJL7gfNpWW17mrkH984VPMW3fyGyv6vrwvHW5NxVpl3VHyr3W559kvs5n5BctW4xnlg-6jSV5qW2HQYSD8rd4tDW3R_dR178K2FtW4GzDlF4qMYNJN7R8jFpNgNpFN6Mr4dm5Ys73W4BjQQ37lGG8mW2469Tp12pnSGW6NJcCm45yN-WV8wDf730d01VW2PsKlS5sx8QTW3Vjg6_1rDC3LW6JgtM23YsRmBW8x4nNh8FSVNVN3NVk6s4d94LW61_7Hg1BYr0dW7C0l827XMblKVG8fJp56mMlSN2CyZd-xTnk9W2y41Pw1HLC1HW2zG9-Q4V-mTdW24jNFf7wxGRtVR-xkr6np_5MV5N6q93nf5F3W4x20Fq1pwZm2MSsXk9QJMdTW8nGmcC5hyT3wN75qpBstwHx5W2dFpV57hwM_3W8Z09CJ8rgXy8W2fMgc36W4-FQW89zNjL2nnqVqW2QVNqg3RbjSNW5xnfXJ2g8-XcN4xZPGTQ7KLrW4B_2LW19HNpzW6bvqdc6wZ65rW5FbSl-8_6VXqW4hfR_J28zLltW4HqwGS6PGjgyW3m9F4D11B1lKW6CXmwn6YYKjlW6PWzS_9kk19vW3s5hH54nlvJ6W2pKcYF3qyVlxW4l-DQl3vblJtW6d8TSN1VtB1VW2kPK_J2ZKCDlN5FZjw4FT4vhN79ybWJq9v2RW5tbGvQ2vc35MW6CCGhR8Z0Hp_VVZHgJ8rfkvZN9g69tljkfshW7Z2vdV8KGG9NW3Q_ybV7CR_DzW9bHMl28b8SlTW6d4Ws16rZg1BW7fR25F4ZDwDfM7LJ2lNWcSmW5fWYJm4HQVRxW6xkkxl2yn92dW4SrrL06XkMslW22RXGs58Qwm-W1_yrjQ5YJNw_W4F5V1S3hzyx_W8NlrWH8j5Vb5W2MdgSK7qckHVW54BmsS5PXs5fVy2dbY4VjDrlf311-Xl04" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://d2Sjcy04.na1.hubspotlinks.com/Ctc/DP%2B113/d2Sjcy04/VVxSvT8j7mbqV3nDRf8h68-SW6klx535yyMJGN52hRhR9gHVYW8wM-gK6lZ3pSW4bJkym8VlYwmW2fLVJL7gfNpWW17mrkH984VPMW3fyGyv6vrwvHW5NxVpl3VHyr3W559kvs5n5BctW4xnlg-6jSV5qW2HQYSD8rd4tDW3R_dR178K2FtW4GzDlF4qMYNJN7R8jFpNgNpFN6Mr4dm5Ys73W4BjQQ37lGG8mW2469Tp12pnSGW6NJcCm45yN-WV8wDf730d01VW2PsKlS5sx8QTW3Vjg6_1rDC3LW6JgtM23YsRmBW8x4nNh8FSVNVN3NVk6s4d94LW61_7Hg1BYr0dW7C0l827XMblKVG8fJp56mMlSN2CyZd-xTnk9W2y41Pw1HLC1HW2zG9-Q4V-mTdW24jNFf7wxGRtVR-xkr6np_5MV5N6q93nf5F3W4x20Fq1pwZm2MSsXk9QJMdTW8nGmcC5hyT3wN75qpBstwHx5W2dFpV57hwM_3W8Z09CJ8rgXy8W2fMgc36W4-FQW89zNjL2nnqVqW2QVNqg3RbjSNW5xnfXJ2g8-XcN4xZPGTQ7KLrW4B_2LW19HNpzW6bvqdc6wZ65rW5FbSl-8_6VXqW4hfR_J28zLltW4HqwGS6PGjgyW3m9F4D11B1lKW6CXmwn6YYKjlW6PWzS_9kk19vW3s5hH54nlvJ6W2pKcYF3qyVlxW4l-DQl3vblJtW6d8TSN1VtB1VW2kPK_J2ZKCDlN5FZjw4FT4vhN79ybWJq9v2RW5tbGvQ2vc35MW6CCGhR8Z0Hp_VVZHgJ8rfkvZN9g69tljkfshW7Z2vdV8KGG9NW3Q_ybV7CR_DzW9bHMl28b8SlTW6d4Ws16rZg1BW7fR25F4ZDwDfM7LJ2lNWcSmW5fWYJm4HQVRxW6xkkxl2yn92dW4SrrL06XkMslW22RXGs58Qwm-W1_yrjQ5YJNw_W4F5V1S3hzyx_W8NlrWH8j5Vb5W2MdgSK7qckHVW54BmsS5PXs5fVy2dbY4VjDrlf311-Xl04&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1751655348624000&amp;usg=AOvVaw04H4f54cLlBE4wYhhCmNYJ">plummet</a> — all while pocketing over $2 million every day from taxpayers.</p>
  487. <p>“Women are far better served at federally qualified health centers, which outnumber Planned Parenthood locations <a href="https://d2sjcy04.na1.hubspotlinks.com/Ctc/DP+113/d2Sjcy04/VVxSvT8j7mbqV3nDRf8h68-SW6klx535yyMJGN52hRg2cfdp6W50lYqz6lZ3lSW4zc6_m2gFw1bW1ZR4yW3HG4sMW2XvD9M329DwRW7YKnGz28xS3XW8ZRVKY6z6Rn1N1k_qrJf6V9lW3QC9jD6xzN7sW7PQwz544lJhFW1fjxP_6ZW_tKW5-WgQQ767tvRW8bYkvf8SSs9lW7mTfp78dmBVLW71RlLb7gpJBQW7nLv9p1C9Q03W3l83yB7VFf-fW4ZJlvd1n4SY8N32xsq8t_RZvW84vrGH8_ShgCW2VNd478VPS9BN3JxVwcCLzJYW4KFj2n7ySnszW72ngh13K1ycYW2llyKd8pw55VW25YvQc512Xm4VgF8sb24SZ9-N7lh7TmFH1SRW58YH0p1gWTLvW5-6TlP1tW0z7W7K2j4V8fp7tXW71hkTz1G7zkvW48Lfkr7z4HFdN5YqqTCcw397W9gGM4-6zJJvGN6YL1FYnn1grW2jpqs-4NGQL7W2Ygc4D1vq7phW90f1ZG6FwY7GW7gkfQM5YPHHzVq3nXK63mBBQW3f6J2G18399NW5K5Bpf243dBHW5yQXKD8KSNtfW5ZP0nK2cyT3TW6GchMl8SDnmZW2MpTf322QFDHW8rg2nJ5mM5x3W6HlZcT64wRSCN3Bb0k9dD9t8W1DwR6G5l5-CyW8xsr1w1v79tFN7vBZhG8DYxJW2q3w5L75PmbqW72LBst6lQzQFW1dH7Yc116qTnW1yJNvT70q9dQW1XFRhf1pRPnBW14L6VH6ZgZzrW4FJG0r4px6HcN6x7txzZQMndVV7YfJ2P4_mKW7ZLmm381sBTnN8MCm72qgb1-V2fn135YgldWW93_DPG6PMd-ZN74JmtTBNrsBW4gY7th4pJN65W2DQv-J56_c9PW2l9bv41YLnFqW1BlHhm90FkmXW4fhyP_4b_rLQW2N8XtB6W5-RPW2wyc7l4fbHjbW7gV342740lZhW7kwt-p9h1gSwW5BdV1b9l7nF_W8TwCyG7ZfNK_W7nfsN71QYghBW7Vdsjj1J8t-pW8TdhCH8WL01bW93WR_l4gsQ6yf1MykHR04" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://d2Sjcy04.na1.hubspotlinks.com/Ctc/DP%2B113/d2Sjcy04/VVxSvT8j7mbqV3nDRf8h68-SW6klx535yyMJGN52hRg2cfdp6W50lYqz6lZ3lSW4zc6_m2gFw1bW1ZR4yW3HG4sMW2XvD9M329DwRW7YKnGz28xS3XW8ZRVKY6z6Rn1N1k_qrJf6V9lW3QC9jD6xzN7sW7PQwz544lJhFW1fjxP_6ZW_tKW5-WgQQ767tvRW8bYkvf8SSs9lW7mTfp78dmBVLW71RlLb7gpJBQW7nLv9p1C9Q03W3l83yB7VFf-fW4ZJlvd1n4SY8N32xsq8t_RZvW84vrGH8_ShgCW2VNd478VPS9BN3JxVwcCLzJYW4KFj2n7ySnszW72ngh13K1ycYW2llyKd8pw55VW25YvQc512Xm4VgF8sb24SZ9-N7lh7TmFH1SRW58YH0p1gWTLvW5-6TlP1tW0z7W7K2j4V8fp7tXW71hkTz1G7zkvW48Lfkr7z4HFdN5YqqTCcw397W9gGM4-6zJJvGN6YL1FYnn1grW2jpqs-4NGQL7W2Ygc4D1vq7phW90f1ZG6FwY7GW7gkfQM5YPHHzVq3nXK63mBBQW3f6J2G18399NW5K5Bpf243dBHW5yQXKD8KSNtfW5ZP0nK2cyT3TW6GchMl8SDnmZW2MpTf322QFDHW8rg2nJ5mM5x3W6HlZcT64wRSCN3Bb0k9dD9t8W1DwR6G5l5-CyW8xsr1w1v79tFN7vBZhG8DYxJW2q3w5L75PmbqW72LBst6lQzQFW1dH7Yc116qTnW1yJNvT70q9dQW1XFRhf1pRPnBW14L6VH6ZgZzrW4FJG0r4px6HcN6x7txzZQMndVV7YfJ2P4_mKW7ZLmm381sBTnN8MCm72qgb1-V2fn135YgldWW93_DPG6PMd-ZN74JmtTBNrsBW4gY7th4pJN65W2DQv-J56_c9PW2l9bv41YLnFqW1BlHhm90FkmXW4fhyP_4b_rLQW2N8XtB6W5-RPW2wyc7l4fbHjbW7gV342740lZhW7kwt-p9h1gSwW5BdV1b9l7nF_W8TwCyG7ZfNK_W7nfsN71QYghBW7Vdsjj1J8t-pW8TdhCH8WL01bW93WR_l4gsQ6yf1MykHR04&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1751655348624000&amp;usg=AOvVaw36TceRTp0jIzLGnbSmMo5S">15 to 1</a> nationwide and provide comprehensive, accessible care to Medicaid recipients and families in need. This victory is a decisive step toward ending the abortion industry’s grip on our tax dollars and redirecting resources to places that truly serve women and their families.</p>
  488. </blockquote>
  489. <p>“The One Big Beautiful Bill delivers a historic win on a critical priority: stopping forced taxpayer funding of the abortion industry. We congratulate Speaker Johnson, Leader Thune, Chairmen Guthrie, Crapo, Graham, and Arrington, and our allies in Congress for their tireless efforts to make this victory possible, and we look forward to President Trump signing it into law.”</p>
  490. <p>Previously, the Senate had passed the One Big Beautiful Bill, which will defund the Planned Parenthood abortion business. Vice President J.D. Vance broke a 50-50 tie to get the measure approved.</p>
  491. <p>Vance had to break the tie after three Republican senators voted no on the measure: Sens. Rand Paul, Thom Tillis, and Susan Collins. All Democrats joined them.</p>
  492. <p>According to Planned Parenthood’s latest annual report, the organization killed more than babies in 400,000 abortions in 2023 and 2024 and received nearly $800 million from taxpayers.</p>
  493. <p>The Hyde Amendment already prohibits federal funds from directly paying for abortions. However, Planned Parenthood receives approximately $700 million annually through Medicaid reimbursements and Title X grants. Pro-life leaders argue this funding frees up resources for Planned Parenthood’s abortion operations.</p>
  494. <p>Before the Senate vote, Democrats tried and lost a vote to remove the defunding provision. The final vote was 51-49 against the pro-abortion amendment with all Republicans exception Lisa Murkowski of Alaska voting against the Demcorats’ amendment to stop defunding.</p>
  495. <p>Democrats, including Sens. Ron Wyden (D-Ore.) and Jeff Merkley (D-Ore.), decried the parliamentarian’s ruling.</p>
  496. <p>Every Senate Democrat voted no after radical pro-abortion senator Chuck Schumer promised all pro-abortion Democrats would vote in lockstep.</p>
  497. <p>Republican Sens. Rand Paul of Kentucky and Thom Tillis of North Carolina voted no as well. They are pro-life but object to the bill over other fiscal concerns even though it would result in defunding Planned Parenthood for the first time ever. Senate Majority Leader John Thune reportedly worked with Vice President JD Vance for three hours to get these Republican lawmakers on board with opening debate.</p>
  498. <p>Reconciliation bills in 2015 and 2017 included a provision to stop funneling American tax dollars to Big Abortion for one year. The Supreme Court ruled this week in Medina that states are also allowed to defund Big Abortion. This year, Congress can finally stop funding for Big Abortion – an industry that harms women and girls, destroys unborn babies’ lives and is a terrible investment for taxpayers.</p>
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  502. <p>The post <a href="https://www.lifenews.com/2025/07/05/planned-parenthood-promises-to-sue-president-trump-for-signing-defunding-bill/">Planned Parenthood Promises to Sue President Trump for Signing Defunding Bill</a> appeared first on <a href="https://www.lifenews.com">LifeNews.com</a>.</p>
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