Planned Parenthood's ruse to pocket state dollars continues

The latest state to cave to Planned Parenthood's utterly false claims about a loss of federal Medicaid dollars (which aren't even in effect due to a judge's ruling) is Colorado, where lawmakers approved Senate Bill 25B-2 to cover up to $4.4 million in Medicaid reimbursements to abortion providers like Planned Parenthood, using state taxpayer dollars.

The extreme pro-abortion state's lawmakers made this decision despite the state's $2.2 billion deficit.

The move came in response to Trump's Big Beautiful Bill Act, which removed Medicaid dollars from entities that provide abortion (as of October 1, 2025) and received more than $800,000 in Medicaid expenditures during a previous fiscal year.

Key Takeaways:

• Pro-abortion Colorado recently decided to make up for any of Planned Parenthood's potential loss in federal Medicaid funding by covering up to $4.4M in reimbursements, despite a $2.2B state budget deficit.

• Though Planned Parenthood has been closing brick-and-mortar facilities and blaming Trump's "Big Beautiful Bill," that defunding never went into effect due to a judge's order, and the corporation had already also decided to expand its virtual business.

Catch Up Quick:

Planned Parenthood has threatened the closures of hundreds of facilities; to make up those (not yet lost) funds, the organization has been seeking a bailout from states with pro-abortion leadership.

But in truth, Planned Parenthood — which has lost donors due to its own "mission creep" — is playing the victim for political gain, as it had already been planning closures and consolidations with a deliberate move toward telehealth in all of its affiliates.

As Planned Parenthood shutters brick-and-mortar facilities, it is driving clients to its new online services business model, which increasingly relies upon telehealth — including the mailing of abortion pills. Its “Virtual Health Centers (VHCs)” are popping up across the country as part of a larger restructuring plan put in place years ago.

The Details:

In Colorado, state taxpayer dollars can now fund abortions. Planned Parenthood of the Rocky Mountains (PPRM) is the main affiliate operating facilities in Colorado, New Mexico, and Wyoming.

Rep. Jenny Willford, who sponsored Colorado's bill, told 9news.com: "I ran this bill because when I had started and taken my first job and didn't have health care, I went to Planned Parenthood for a physical for birth control, as well as other screenings that were just really important that I needed access to."

“Under the Republican federal budget bill, Planned Parenthood was removed from the federal Medicaid program," Jack Teter, Vice President of Government Affairs at PPRM, told 9news.com. "This adds us back in. So the state has the ability to give the authority to the state Medicaid department to ensure that patients who are insured through Medicaid can continue coming to Planned Parenthood for their services."

He added:

We have canceled services and resumed them two times already, where we've canceled them, resumed services, canceled them, resumed services, and so this bill gives us stability. It means that we will not have to again cancel appointments for our patients. We'll be able to maintain those services. People will be able to come into care. There will not be a disruption for them.

But, as Live Action News previously stated, "Planned Parenthood’s top priority is not the wellbeing of clients — it’s abortion. When that is threatened, the organization protects its own financial interests to force abortion upon the taxpayer, closing facilities to create legal muscle and increase its bucket of revenue."

Ironically, Colorado's measure didn't mention abortion or Planned Parenthood. The bill requires the Department of Health Care Policy and Financing (HCPF) to fund entities that are "[p]rohibited from receiving reimbursement from the Federal Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services due to the entity providing certain reproductive health-care services."

According to the State's Fiscal Notice, HCPF paid Planned Parenthood of the Rocky Mountains $4,864,104 in FY2024 "for covered services provided to eligible Medicaid members, of which $4,377,694 was federally funded."

Live Action News previously documented how PPRM recently received a $20M donation from MacKenzie Scott, yet they are targeting states like Colorado while refusing to stop committing abortions. According to media reports since Dobbs, PPRM provided “more than $12.5 million” to fund abortion.

PPRM’s “post-Roe Expansion Plan” included spending millions on a “10,000-square-foot building” to make abortion a “safe haven for access,” the affiliate’s 2022 annual report stated.

The Backstory: 

The 2025 Reconciliation Act removed Medicaid dollars from entities that provide abortion (as of October 1, 2025) and receive more than $800,000 in Medicaid expenditures (during a previous fiscal year). The “Big, Beautiful Bill” was signed into law by President Trump on July 4, 2025 and commenced on July 7, 2025.

As previously noted by Live Action News:

... Planned Parenthood Federation of America, Planned Parenthood League of Massachusetts, and Planned Parenthood Association of Utah [] filed a lawsuit against HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., and immediately thereafter, the Obama-appointed judge issued a temporary restraining order (TRO). The Trump administration issued a response to the judge’s TRO in a memorandum filed on July 14.

• July 21, 2025: U.S. District Judge Indira Talwani released a 36-page memorandum and order putting in place a preliminary injunction against the defunding of Planned Parenthood.

• July 28, 2025: Judge Talwani issued a new, expanded preliminary injunction ordering the U.S. Department of Health & Human Services (HHS) and the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) to continue federal Medicaid funding for all Planned Parenthood facilities nationwide.

• August 11, 2025: The Government appealed and moved in the First Circuit to stay the preliminary injunctions pending appeal.

• August 19, 2025: The First Circuit denied that motion.

• August 20, 2025: The Government notified the court that it would not seek leave to file a Reply in support of the pending stay motion, but noted that the government "may seek relief from the First Circuit and, if further relief is necessary, from the Supreme Court in advance of October 1, 2025 – the date as of which 'prohibited entity' status will begin to apply."

• August 29, 2025: Judge Talwani again

An emergency motion for a restraining order in a similar lawsuit filed by Maine Family Planning has been denied.

By The Numbers:

As Live Action News noted in a previous article:

Most of Planned Parenthood’s taxpayer funding comes from Title X family planning funding and Medicaid reimbursements. Recipients of federal taxpayer dollars are required to report child sexual abuse, protect patient privacy, refrain from fraud and discriminating based on race and other characteristics, yet Planned Parenthood has repeatedly failed to comply.

Despite this, Planned Parenthood’s 2023-24 annual report showed the abortion corporation — which targets minors for ‘transgender services’ — raked in nearly $800 million  – nearly $93M more in government funds than the previous year (39% of the organization’s total revenue), while committing 402,230 abortions, the highest recorded number to date.

Since 2000, while the organization’s services, clients, and donors have plummeted, Planned Parenthood has committed over 7.5M abortions (7,534,941) and received nearly $11.4B from taxpayers while accumulating nearly $2.2B in excess revenue.

It is estimated that only 2% of women of childbearing age visit Planned Parenthood.

Meanwhile, as previously reported, "Planned Parenthood recorded over $684M in private revenue last year, because, according to a former senior executive, 'outrage tends to fuel donations; the more restrictions on abortion, the more it benefits the national office.'"

Go Deeper:

Live Action News has documented how Planned Parenthood, which was founded by eugenicists, has a history of cashing in on the taxpayer:

• Using Deceptive Marketing to lure potential clients

• Skirting federal requirements yet receives taxpayer dollars

• Discriminating against staffers while being labeled systemically racist

• Promoting transgender ideology to minors

• Repeatedly failing to protect patient privacy

• Repeatedly failing victims of child sexual abuse