Just as in the House version of the bill, the legislation would prohibit federal funding for abortion providers for the next 10 years.

If the provision remains in the final version of the bill, the law would prohibit federal Medicaid funding for non-abortion services from healthcare centers that conduct elective abortions. One major remaining question, though, is whether the measure can survive Democratic procedural challenges as Republicans advance the overall legislation through the budget reconciliation process.

Under current law, federal Medicaid dollars cannot go towards abortions except to save the life of the mother or if the pregnancy is a result of rape or incest, but they can go to health centers that provide elective abortions.

Anti-abortion advocates have long pushed for the prohibition of taxpayer funding through Medicaid for abortion providers. They argue that any money given to an abortion provider effectively subsidizes abortion, since money is fungible. They say that such funding covers the costs associated with an abortion as well as whatever service the reimbursement is ostensibly for.

The legislation does not specifically address Planned Parenthood by name, but the organization is the leading abortion provider in the United States, providing more than 402,000 abortions in fiscal year 2023-2024, according to its most recent annual report. Planned Parenthood also provides millions of STI testing and treatment services, as well as contraception, which under current law can receive federal Medicaid reimbursement.

Upon the passage of the abortion defunding measure in the House, Planned Parenthood Federation of America President Alexis McGill Johnson said that including that language in the bill would shutter nearly 200 Planned Parenthood centers nationwide that serve 1.1 million patients.

PPFA did not immediately respond to the Washington Examiner’s request for comment on the Senate’s version of the bill.

Defunding Planned Parenthood has become a rallying cry for the anti-abortion movement since the overturning of Roe v. Wade federal abortion protections in 2022.

After a series of pro-abortion ballot initiatives in 2022 and 2023 as well as President Donald Trump distancing himself from the anti-abortion movement during the 2024 election, the inclusion of the anti-abortion language in the One Big Beautiful Bill Act is being lauded as a massive victory by the anti-abortion lobby.

Marjorie Dannefelser, president of the anti-abortion group SBA Pro-Life America, said in a statement Monday that her organization was thankful to Crapo and Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-NC) for including the provision in the bill text.

“It’s time to stop forcing taxpayers to fund the Big Abortion industry, led by Planned Parenthood,” Dannefelser said in a statement on Monday.

Thune and House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) both spoke at this year’s March for Life Rally in January, alongside Vice President J.D. Vance.