Pro-life coalition to Senate: Defund Big Abortion for the next decade

A coalition of state and national pro-life leaders is urging the U.S. Senate to take action to extend the Medicaid defunding of abortion businesses, including Planned Parenthood, before time runs out on July 4, 2026 — the 250th anniversary of the United States.

Key Takeaways:

• A coalition of state and national pro-life leaders has penned a letter to Senate Leader John Thune and members of the U.S. Senate, urging them to act to extend the Medicaid defunding of abortion businesses, including Planned Parenthood.

• On July 4, 2025, President Trump signed "The Big Beautiful Bill," which included a provision to strip abortion businesses of Medicaid funding for one year.

• On July 5, 2026, that funding could be restored if lawmakers fail to act.

The Details:

The coalition letter, signed by nearly 40 pro-life and conservative leaders — including Live Action founder and president Lila Rose, president of SBA Pro-life America Marjorie Dannenfelser, and National Right to Life president Carol Tobias — calls on the Senate to begin the process of ensuring Medicaid funding is not restored to abortion businesses.

The letter states:

We write as a coalition urging members of the Senate to include a provision to extend and solidify the defunding of the Abortion industry for the maximum duration permitted under reconciliation rules in a 2026 reconciliation bill.

Under current statutory budget reconciliation limitations, this means enacting a ten-year prohibition on federal funding no later than July 4, 2026. As the nation approaches the 250th anniversary of American independence, Congress has an obligation to ensure that federal spending reflects fiscal discipline, accountability, and respect for life.

The financial stakes are significant. Planned Parenthood alone receives over $830 million annually in taxpayer funding, primarily through federal health programs. Ending this funding would represent one of the most meaningful pro-taxpayer reforms Congress can enact. At a time of historic federal debt and growing budgetary pressure, continuing to subsidize the abortion industry is neither fiscally responsible nor defensible.

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The letter adds that abortion businesses "engage in activities that extend beyond traditional healthcare services," including:

• Providing and promoting abortion as a core organizational activity, while lobbying for nationwide abortion until birth.

• Offering or referring for gender transition interventions, including puberty blockers and cross-sex hormones, particularly for minors.

• Delivering sex education programs that promote inappropriate content to minors while denying parents meaningful transparency and oversight into what their children are being taught.

Of note:

• On July 4, 2025, President Trump signed The Big Beautiful Bill, which included a provision to defund abortion businesses that received more than $800,000 in Medicaid funding in fiscal year 2023.

• While the bill originally defunded Planned Parenthood and other abortion businesses for 10 years, that time span was reduced to just one year before the bill passed. The letter explains that "the defunding provision enacted in 2025 was explicitly limited to a one-year duration and remains the only major portion of that reconciliation package set to expire this year...."

Zoom In:

Planned Parenthood's business model has diversified beyond abortion in recent years to include "gender-affirming care," even for minors in some cases. A Live Action undercover investigation last year found various Planned Parenthood facilities who were willing to give hormones upon a first visit, with no mental health consultation.

Planned Parenthood's abortion revenue alone is estimated at $200M annually, and its most recent annual report for 2024-25 (ending just before the Big, Beautiful Bill was signed) shows over 434,000 annual abortions — its highest number ever. The corporation's taxpayer funding hit $832M, up 5% from the previous year. — a $39.8M increase. This equates to nearly $2.3M each day from U.S. taxpayers.

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The Bottom Line:

If the Senate fails to act, Medicaid funding will be restored to Planned Parenthood and other abortion providers on July 5, 2026, less than five months away.

"We respectfully urge the Senate to act without delay and make the defunding of Big Abortion a component of a 2026 budget reconciliation package," the letter concludes.

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