{"id":2412256,"date":"2025-03-11T06:09:02","date_gmt":"2025-03-11T10:09:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/its-time-for-congress-to-defund-planned-parenthood\/"},"modified":"2025-03-11T06:15:17","modified_gmt":"2025-03-11T10:15:17","slug":"its-time-for-congress-to-defund-planned-parenthood","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/its-time-for-congress-to-defund-planned-parenthood\/","title":{"rendered":"It&#8217;s Time For Congress To Defund Planned Parenthood"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">16<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fits-time-for-congress-to-defund-planned-parenthood%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2412256&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>The article\u2063 discusses\u200c the ongoing debate\u2062 and political intentions \u2062surrounding Planned Parenthood, focusing on its funding through American taxpayer dollars.It criticizes the institution for its alleged participation in the abortion industry, emphasizing that a majority of taxpayers oppose funding it due to moral and economic concerns.with the Republican \u200dParty controlling congress and\u200b the white House, the author argues that this presents a key opportunity to defund \u200dPlanned Parenthood, which is described as financially\u200d benefiting from federal funding\u2063 despite being involved \u2064in controversial practices.<\/p>\n<p>The text reviews \u2063past efforts to defund Planned Parenthood, highlighting a notable\u2062 failure \u200din 2017 when Senator John McCain voted against a\u200d proposed repeal of healthcare regulations that affected funding. The\u200c piece claims \u200dthat\u200c modern\u2063 science supports the view\u200d that life begins \u200cat conception, which strengthens the pro-life arguments typically associated\u200c with the GOP.<\/p>\n<p>It also raises issues regarding Planned\u2064 Parenthood&#8217;s practices,alleging misconduct and violations of health and \u2064safety standards. The article criticizes claims \u2064made\u2063 by\u2062 pro-abortion groups that federal funds \u2063do\u2064 not support abortion procedures\u2064 directly, arguing that \u2062financial support aids \u2064the broader operations of the organization.<\/p>\n<p>Additionally,\u200d it contrasts \u200cPlanned Parenthood with <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\">numerous \u200bpro-life pregnancy centers<\/a> that provide necessary health resources\u2062 without engaging in abortion. The \u200dauthor asserts that the current administration under Trump\u2063 is open to eradicating taxpayer funding for late-term abortions and calls \u2063on Congress to support legislation that would permanently eliminate such funding, presenting \u2063it as an ethical obligation for pro-life Republicans. The article concludes by urging Republicans to seize the moment and align their financial \u200cpolicies with\u2062 their <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/hon-thaddeus-g-mccotter-gop-remember-the-maxim\/\" title=\"Hon. Thaddeus G. McCotter: GOP, Remember the Maxim!\">pro-life platform<\/a>.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>For <a href=\"https:\/\/www.salon.com\/2015\/08\/18\/the_secret_republican_love_affair_with_planned_parenthood_a_history\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">more than 50 years<\/a>, despite voters&rsquo; moral and economic objections to funding the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/call-her-daddy-session-proves-harris-doesnt-care-about-women\/\" title=\"&#039;Call Her Daddy&#039; Session Proves Harris Doesn&#039;t Care About Women\">baby-killing industry<\/a>, Planned Parenthood has benefited from the flow of American tax dollars. The 119th Congress, in conjunction with the Trump administration, has a chance to rectify that by defunding the abortion behemoth once and for all. <\/p>\n<p>The last time a GOP trifecta had a chance to help eliminate taxpayers&rsquo; roles in the abortion industry&rsquo;s schemes failed when Republican Sen. John McCain <a href=\"https:\/\/www.npr.org\/2017\/07\/27\/539907467\/senate-careens-toward-high-drama-midnight-health-care-vote\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">voted against<\/a> the majority of his party&rsquo;s plans to undo the fallout caused by Obamacare in 2017.<\/p>\n<p>Eight years later, the GOP once again controls the House, Senate, and the White House, which means they are adequately equipped to remedy Republicans&rsquo; previous mistake and ensure Planned Parenthood is no longer a multi-million dollar benefactor of tax dollar disbursements.<\/p>\n<p>Most members of the red party claim they are pro-life, so they shouldn&rsquo;t have a problem voting to dismantle the flow of federal funds to the industry responsible for killing countless unborn babies on moral grounds. <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.epm.org\/resources\/2011\/Apr\/27\/when-does-life-begin-quotes-many-sources\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Modern science<\/a>,&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/acpeds.org\/position-statements\/when-human-life-begins\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">medicine<\/a>,&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.supremecourt.gov\/opinions\/21pdf\/19-1392_6j37.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">many states<\/a>, and even&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/nrlc.org\/nrlnewstoday\/2021\/01\/even-very-pro-choice-biologists-acknowledge-a-human-life-begins-at-fertilization\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">pro-abortion biologists<\/a> have all acknowledged that life starts the moment a sperm fertilizes an egg. For decades, the GOP was and is the only party that has dared to affirm that unborn babies are endowed with the same natural right to life that extrauterine humans are and deserve protection. This commitment (albeit <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2024\/07\/08\/top-gopers-surrender-on-abortion-leaves-their-pro-life-voters-women-and-babies-out-to-dry\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">sometimes<\/a> more <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2024\/07\/08\/the-gops-pro-life-party-platform-does-nothing-to-protect-unborn-babies\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">performative<\/a> than productive) repeatedly earns Republicans the votes of countless conservative Americans who stake their support for candidates on how they view life in the womb.<\/p>\n<p>Even outside of preserving the lives of future generations and ensuring the end of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kofc.org\/en\/resources\/communications\/polls\/2025-kofc-marist-poll-results.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">overwhelmingly unpopular<\/a> taxpayer-funded abortions, however, there are plenty of good reasons why Planned Parenthood and its abortionist allies are undeserving of subsidization by the U.S. government.<\/p>\n<h2>Misconduct And Mistreatment Abound<\/h2>\n<p>In addition to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/why-mothers-have-a-duty-to-nourish-any-children-inside-their-wombs\/\" title=\"Why Mothers Have A Duty To Nourish Any Children Inside Their Wombs\">ending unborn lives<\/a> or <a href=\"https:\/\/www.lifenews.com\/2013\/02\/07\/probe-demanded-of-planned-parenthood-doc-who-killed-woman-in-abortion\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">botching their attempts to<\/a> do so, Planned Parenthood has a history of <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2016\/06\/24\/new-evidence-planned-parenthood-broke-federal-law-lied-to-women\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">allegedly flouting federal law<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/lozierinstitute.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/plannedparenthood-profit-no-matter-what.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">wasting tax dollars<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.heritage.org\/gender\/commentary\/dont-defend-planned-parenthoods-gender-affirming-care-defund-it\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">dispensing castrating drugs<\/a> to confused minors, reportedly <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2024\/11\/22\/report-planned-parenthood-caught-selling-viable-fetuses-to-university-of-california-san-diego\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">trafficking baby<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2020\/04\/15\/new-unsealed-documents-show-planned-parenthood-profited-from-aborted-baby-body-parts\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">body parts,<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2022\/07\/20\/want-to-know-who-is-really-empowered-by-abortion-sex-traffickers-and-abusers\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">enabling abusers<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wsj.com\/articles\/florida-investigation-of-planned-parenthood-clinics-finds-deficiencies-1438817376\">allegedly performing unlicensed<\/a>&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.lifenews.com\/2016\/01\/29\/planned-parenthood-breaks-state-law-to-open-unlicensed-abortion-clinic-in-kentucky\/\">procedures<\/a> and violating <a href=\"https:\/\/6abc.com\/archive\/9059172\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">health<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2025\/02\/15\/us\/planned-parenthood-clinics.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">safety standards<\/a>,&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.stlpr.org\/politics-issues\/2018-02-23\/protest-buffer-zone-at-st-louis-planned-parenthood-narrowly-earns-first-round-approval#stream\/0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">opposing free speech<\/a>, and conducting procedures that have resulted in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.lifenews.com\/2012\/10\/09\/deaths-at-planned-parenthood-show-no-concern-for-women\/\">mothers&rsquo; deaths<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Pro-abortion groups and corporate media claim that federal funds currently allocated to abortion businesses don&rsquo;t <em>technically<\/em> fund ending unborn lives because that would violate the Hyde Amendment. But this is <a href=\"https:\/\/www.congress.gov\/bill\/113th-congress\/senate-bill\/142#:~:text=Hyde%20Amendment%20Codification%20Act%20%2D%20Prohibits,benefits%20coverage%20that%20includes%20abortion.\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">untrue<\/a> because Hyde does not apply to abortions for women pregnant due to rape or for women suffering from a life-thretening condition where a physician deems abortion necessary.<\/p>\n<p>Even if it was true, however, there&rsquo;s no doubt that cash like the approximately <a href=\"https:\/\/cdn.plannedparenthood.org\/uploads\/filer_public\/ec\/f4\/ecf43d92-fcd2-4d11-b299-e67b5c3ac394\/2024-ppfa-annualreport-c3-digital.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">$699.3 million<\/a> Planned Parenthood alone received from the government between 2022, around the same time as the Supreme Court&rsquo;s <em>Dobbs v. Jackson<\/em> decision, and 2023 helped keep the abortion giant afloat. That funding also undoubtedly gave Planned Parenthood the financial leeway to spend <a href=\"https:\/\/lozierinstitute.org\/fact-sheet-planned-parenthoods-2022-23-annual-report\/#:~:text=In%20its%202022%2D23%20annual,year%20before%20the%20fiscal%20year.\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">its hundreds of millions in donation dollars<\/a> on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.msn.com\/en-us\/health\/other\/maga-allies-push-to-defund-planned-parenthood-largest-abortion-provider-in-us\/ar-AA1zZVM7?apiversion=v2&amp;noservercache=1&amp;domshim=1&amp;renderwebcomponents=1&amp;wcseo=1&amp;batchservertelemetry=1&amp;noservertelemetry=1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">radical abortion activism<\/a> such as <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/tag\/abortion-ballot-measure\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">ballot measure battles<\/a> seeking to enshrine unpopular abortion through birth in state constitutions.<\/p>\n<p>Planned Parenthood and its pro-abortion allies have also said that cutting its federal funding will&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbo.gov\/publication\/50833\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">increase direct spending<\/a>&nbsp;and keep its facilities from&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.plannedparenthood.org\/about-us\/newsroom\/press-releases\/ipm-defunding-planned-parenthood-would-have-devastating-consequences-for-communities-across-the-country\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">offering preventative care like cancer screenings<\/a>. Yet, Planned Parenthood cancer screenings and other preventative procedures dropped by 70 percent between 2010 and 2023, according to an <a href=\"https:\/\/lozierinstitute.org\/fact-sheet-planned-parenthoods-2022-23-annual-report\/\">analysis<\/a> from the Charlotte Lozier Institute. Meanwhile,&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/lozierinstitute.org\/fact-sheet-planned-parenthoods-2022-23-annual-report\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">approximately 97 percent<\/a>&nbsp;of the abortion giant&rsquo;s &ldquo;pregnancy resolution services&rdquo; between 2021-2022 were abortions, not prenatal oversight or adoptions. In addition, while Planned Parenthood was racking up hundreds of millions in taxpayer dollars, abortions executed by its facilities likely <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nationalreview.com\/news\/planned-parenthood-executed-abortions-were-fourth-leading-cause-of-death-in-u-s-last-year\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">became one of the leading causes of death in the U.S.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Planned Parenthood wants to pretend its&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.com\/news\/2024\/02\/13\/planned-parenthood-location-track-abortion-ads-00141172\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\">600 or so facilities<\/a>&nbsp;are filling a vacuum in women&rsquo;s health that isn&rsquo;t and can&rsquo;t be accomplished by anyone else. There are more than&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/crisispregnancycentermap.com\/#:~:text=2%2C633%20CPCs%20were%20operating%20in,as%20of%20March%2031%2C%202024.\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\">2,600 pro-life pregnancy centers<\/a>&nbsp;scattered across U.S. states, however, that not only protect and save the lives of babies and women, but also provide cheap or free prenatal care, screenings, pregnancy tests, ultrasounds, parenting education programs, and physical resources like diapers, wipes, formula, and clothing to parents in need.<\/p>\n<p>By all accounts, Planned Parenthood is not only&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/studentsforlife.org\/2022\/07\/27\/pregnancy-resource-centers-outnumber-planned-parenthood-14-to-1\/\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\">outnumbered<\/a>&nbsp;but also outperformed by pregnancy centers that&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.plannedparenthoodaction.org\/pressroom\/icymi-new-report-reveals-crisis-pregnancy-centers-received-nearly-430m-in-federal-funding-house-members-call-for-investigation#:~:text=WASHINGTON%2C%20DC%20%E2%80%94%20A%20new%20report,carrying%20their%20pregnancies%20to%20term.\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\">receive far less federal funding than it does annually<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h2>Stars Aligning<\/h2>\n<p>Mere weeks into President Donald Trump&rsquo;s second term, the White House has already signaled an openness to eradicating the flow of tax dollars to the abortion giant. Just before the 2024 Election Day, Vice President J.D. Vance declared that the Trump administration&rsquo;s &ldquo;view is we don&rsquo;t think that taxpayers should <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/vance-reiterates-trump-administration-would-defund-planned-parenthood-washington-examiner\/\" title=\"Vance reiterates ... would defund Planned Parenthood - Washington Examiner\">fund late-term abortions<\/a>.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;That has been a consistent view of the Trump campaign the first time around. It will remain a consistent view,&rdquo; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/politics\/2024-election\/vance-says-future-trump-administration-defund-planned-parenthood-rcna174211\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">he said<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Trump acted on that view when he signed an executive memo aimed at keeping Americans&rsquo; tax dollars from landing in the pockets of&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2025\/01\/27\/trump-erases-bidens-attempt-to-force-unpopular-taxpayer-funded-abortion-on-americans\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">abortionists overseas<\/a>. Now, it&rsquo;s the homeland&rsquo;s turn.<\/p>\n<p>In his quest to &ldquo;help end federal overspending&rdquo; per the president&rsquo;s orders, Department of Government Efficiency head Elon Musk recently <a href=\"https:\/\/archive.ph\/TLP7Y#selection-5977.484-5977.513\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">pledged<\/a> to &ldquo;take aim&rdquo; at &ldquo;nearly $300 million to progressive groups like Planned Parenthood.&rdquo; Unless Congress acts to eliminate future funding for the abortion industry, however, any budget cuts Musk accomplishes will be virtually undone.<\/p>\n<p>While it&rsquo;s true that Trump could put a dent in Planned Parenthood&rsquo;s benefactor status by redirecting Title X funding, as he did in his first administration, codifying cutting off funds from America&rsquo;s abortion giants is still necessary. Congress could address much of that nearly $700 million through budget reconciliation, which would only require a simple majority, something the GOP possesses, to pass.<\/p>\n<p>There&rsquo;s no good reason why Republicans, most of whom are self-professed pro-lifers, should keep funding the abortion industry. If anything, the GOP should feel emboldened by the Trump administration&rsquo;s zeal for pulling taxpayer money from undeserving causes to keep Planned Parenthood from harming women and babies on Americans&rsquo; dime.<\/p>\n<hr>\n<p>      Jordan Boyd is a staff writer at The Federalist and producer of The Federalist Radio Hour. Her work has also been featured in The Daily Wire, Fox News, and RealClearPolitics. Jordan graduated from Baylor University where she majored in political science and minored in journalism. Follow her on X @jordanboydtx.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>For over 50 years, Planned Parenthood has received U.S. tax dollars despite public opposition. 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