Congress Fails to Act; Planned Parenthood Defund Expires

 Congress Fails to Act; Planned Parenthood Defund Expires

Nationwide Disappointment and Outrage Call for a Permanent Defund of Abortion Giant

Washington, D.C. – Live Action, one of the nation’s leading human rights organizations, demands retroaction from Congress after it allowed the one-year defund of abortion giant Planned Parenthood to expire before the deadline on July 4, 2026. 

Live Action Founder and President Lila Rose made the following statement:before the July 4th deadline.

Lila Rose, founder and president of Live Action, released the following statement:
“On America’s 250th birthday, Congress had the chance to honor the founding promise that every human being has a God-given right to life. Instead, by failing to extend the defunding of Planned Parenthood, lawmakers have allowed taxpayer dollars to flow back to the largest abortion chain in the nation. This is a moral failure and an urgent betrayal of preborn children, women, and American taxpayers.

Planned Parenthood is not a neutral health care organization. It is an abortion corporation that kills hundreds of thousands of innocent children every year, profits from the destruction of families, pushes dangerous gender ideology, and then uses its political machine to attack the very lawmakers deciding whether to fund it. Congress should never force Americans to subsidize this violence.

This failure must 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. It is a horrific and preventable atrocity that on the very day we are celebrating our blessed liberty, our federal government is once again funding the killing of our own children.

On July 16, Live Action will lead a nationwide day of prayer with a live webcast, calling on Americans to pray, speak out, and demand that Congress defund Planned Parenthood now.” 

Live Action’s Nationwide Day of Prayer Webcast will take place on July 16. In addition to Lila Rose, prominent pro-life voices will speak up and pray for our nation to finally defund Planned Parenthood. More information on the upcoming webcast will be communicated. 

Lila Rose and Live Action
Lila Rose founded and serves as president of Live Action. Live Action is a 501(c)3 human rights non-profit and the digital leader of the global pro-life movement. Live Action exists today to shift public opinion against abortion and to defend the rights of the most vulnerable. With over 9.2 million social media followers and 4 billion lifetime video views, Live Action reaches individuals 68 million times per month– saving lives and transforming hearts, with 43% of surveyed followers saying Live Action’s content has changed their position against abortion. Through compelling educational media, human interest storytelling, investigative reporting, and community activism, Live Action reveals the humanity of preborn children and exposes the abortion industry’s exploitation of women and families for profit. Lila is also the author of Fighting for Life: Becoming a Force for Change in a Wounded World.