{"id":2632561,"date":"2026-07-20T10:37:02","date_gmt":"2026-07-20T14:37:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/protecting-life-should-never-have-an-expiration-date-pro-life-org-protests-renewed-federal-funding-of-abortion\/"},"modified":"2026-07-20T10:41:37","modified_gmt":"2026-07-20T14:41:37","slug":"protecting-life-should-never-have-an-expiration-date-pro-life-org-protests-renewed-federal-funding-of-abortion","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/protecting-life-should-never-have-an-expiration-date-pro-life-org-protests-renewed-federal-funding-of-abortion\/","title":{"rendered":"Pro-Life Org Protests Renewed Federal Funding Of Abortion"},"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%2Fprotecting-life-should-never-have-an-expiration-date-pro-life-org-protests-renewed-federal-funding-of-abortion%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=2632561&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>Members of live Action&#8217;s &#8220;Defund planned Parenthood Coalition&#8221; gathered outside the U.S. Capitol to protest the resumption of federal funding to Planned Parenthood, amidst ongoing debates over abortion funding and services. Last year, efforts led by Republicans resulted in a temporary halt of federal Medicaid funds to Planned parenthood. Pro-life legislators, including Senators and Representatives, expressed their opposition, emphasizing the moral and ethical concerns surrounding taxpayer funding of an association involved in abortion and gender-transition procedures.<\/p>\n<p>Despite the funding pause, investigations show that Planned Parenthood continues to operate numerous clinics nationwide, performing hundreds of thousands of abortions annually and providing contraceptive services. The organization also plays a significant role in the transgender industry,offering irreversible procedures and hormone treatments,wiht revenues reaching over $2.1 billion for the fiscal year 2024-2025. Critics argue that taxpayer dollars shoudl instead support pregnancy centers and health providers that do not perform abortions, highlighting that for every Planned Parenthood facility, there are many pregnancy centers offering genuine alternatives.<\/p>\n<p>Personal stories shared at the event underscored the dangers of abortion pills like mifepristone, with accounts of women suffering severe complications, including life-threatening infections and the loss of their ability to conceive. Activists noted that public opposition to defunding Planned parenthood remains subdued, even as the organization plans to spend millions on political campaigns aimed at unseating pro-life congressional members. the gathering reinforced calls for Congress to redirect federal funds away from Planned parenthood and toward organizations committed to extensive, life-affirming healthcare.  <\/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>Members of Live Action\u2019s \u201cDefund Planned Parenthood Coalition\u201d assembled Thursday outside the United States Capitol with Pro-Life members of Congress to protest the resumption of federal funding to abortion giant Planned Parenthood.<\/p>\n<p>Last year, Republicans passed the \u201cOne Big Beautiful Bill Act,\u201d which <a href=\"https:\/\/time.com\/7299281\/big-beautiful-bill-planned-parenthood-funding-trump-supreme-court\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">paused<\/a> federal Medicaid funds from going toward Planned Parenthood and other abortion providers. Despite the U.S. House of Representatives passing a 10-year restriction on abortion funds, federal funding to Planned Parenthood was only cut off for one year.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThat was a win. It was one of the most significant pro-life victories Congress has delivered since the Supreme Court overturned <em>Roe v. Wade<\/em>,\u201d said Rep. Mark Harris, R-N.C., in his speech at the event. \u201cBut it did not go far enough. Protecting life should never have an expiration date.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Pro-life members of Congress, including Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.), Rep. Michelle Fischbach (R-Minn.), Rep. Bob Onder (R-Mo.), and Sen. Josh Hawley (R-Mo.), came and spoke at the event to show their support in ending taxpayer-funded abortion.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt is absolutely unacceptable and indefensible that a Republican Congress would fund Planned Parenthood. I\u2019m here today to say, not on my watch,\u201d Sen. Hawley said in his speech. \u201cI can\u2019t emphasize enough the moral consequence and the moral significance of the moment that we stand at. There is no excuse, none, for Planned Parenthood to be receiving taxpayer money to be carrying out the mutilation of our children and the murder of the innocent unborn.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Despite no federal funds for the past 12 months, a recent <a type=\"link\" href=\"https:\/\/lozierinstitute.org\/funding-the-nations-largest-abortion-provider-an-investigation-into-public-and-private-support-of-planned-parenthood\/\" id=\"https:\/\/lozierinstitute.org\/funding-the-nations-largest-abortion-provider-an-investigation-into-public-and-private-support-of-planned-parenthood\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">investigation<\/a> by the Charlotte Lozier Institute found that as of June 2026 Planned Parenthood \u201chas nearly 600 locations across the country\u201d that \u201ccollectively provided a record 434,450 abortions\u00a0(an increase of over 8 percent from the previous fiscal year)\u201d and \u201c2,268,991 contraceptive services.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Planned Parenthood is also a crucial component of the <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2026\/06\/04\/republican-led-congress-about-to-resupply-millions-in-taxpayer-dollars-to-child-mutilating-planned-parenthood\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">$4.5 billion<\/a> transgender-industrial complex. <a type=\"link\" href=\"https:\/\/biologicalintegrity.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Planned-Parenthood-Leading-Provider-of-Sex-Rejecting-Procedures-and-Services.pdf\" id=\"https:\/\/biologicalintegrity.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Planned-Parenthood-Leading-Provider-of-Sex-Rejecting-Procedures-and-Services.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">More<\/a> Planned Parenthood affiliates offer irreversible sex change hormones and \u201csex-rejecting procedures\u201d than they do abortion.<\/p>\n<p>Planned Parenthood received $2.143 billion in revenue during fiscal year 2024-2025 according to their annual <a href=\"https:\/\/www.plannedparenthood.org\/uploads\/filer_public\/6a\/19\/6a191461-a0ad-4ea0-8118-aa9184c24a31\/digital-2025-ppfa-annualreport-c3.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">report<\/a>, with 39 percent of total funds coming from \u201cGovernment Health Services Reimbursements &#038; Grants.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In six fiscal years, the organization\u2019s overall <a href=\"https:\/\/all.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/ALL-ProLifeStatesReport.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">revenue<\/a> has increased by over $500 million.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cCongress should redirect taxpayer dollars to health centers that provide comprehensive care without performing abortions,\u201d John Mize, CEO of Americans United for Life said at the event. \u201cWomen deserve real care, not a system that routes public funds to organizations whose abortion numbers continue to rise.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Mize shared that for every Planned Parenthood facility in the country, there are 39 pregnancy centers and three clinics willing and able to provide women with real choice and compassionate care. <\/p>\n<p>Claire Ath, Senior Policy Analyst Human Coalition, also emphasized the important role that pregnancy clinics have in supporting new mothers in keeping their babies, something that Planned Parenthood does not.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe have served hundreds of thousands of moms facing unexpected pregnancies and we\u2019ve learned that most women don\u2019t actually want an abortion,\u201d Ath said in an address to the gathered media. \u201cThey\u2019re looking for an abortion because they\u2019re terrified that no one is going to be there to help.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The concerns surrounding the increased and easy access to the abortion pill, mifepristone, were also addressed.<\/p>\n<p>Christina Bennett, who emceed the event for LiveAction, was almost aborted in the womb, but her mother chose life. After finding out about her mother\u2019s courageous decision in college, she became a vocal advocate for the pro-life cause.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe law was saying that it was legal for my mom to dismember me. It shouldn\u2019t be legal for someone to do that,\u201d Bennett told The Federalist. \u201cAnd if it is legal, which it is in some states like my own, it shouldn\u2019t be paid for through taxpayer dollars. It\u2019s an injustice. We\u2019re hoping that Congress will act, and we\u2019re very grateful there are some people in Congress that are working to take some action.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Bennett told The Federalist that mail-in abortion pills pose a \u201cnew battleground\u201d for the pro-life cause ever since the <em>Dobbs <\/em>decision.<\/p>\n<p>The medication <a type=\"link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.fda.gov\/media\/72923\/download\" id=\"https:\/\/www.fda.gov\/media\/72923\/download\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">guide<\/a> for mifepristone says, \u201cabout 2 to 7 out of 100 women will need a surgical procedure because the pregnancy did not completely pass from the uterus or to stop bleeding.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Bennett says that most women are unaware of the life-threatening damage the pill can cause. The seven percent of women who experience life-altering complications are not well documented to the public.<\/p>\n<p>\u201c[Planned Parenthood] doesn\u2019t have accurate records,\u201d Bennett told The Federalist. \u201cSo these stories are not even heard of and people don\u2019t know about them.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Shanyce Thomas, a speaker at the press conference, spoke about how mifepristone almost killed her and stole her ability to have children.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe abortion pill was often described as a simple, safe solution. Something routine and low risk,\u201d Thomas said. \u201cThat was not my reality. For me, the abortion pill nearly cost me my life and the consequences will stay with me forever.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In 2020 at the age of 19, Thomas took the pill. She went to a clinic at Planned Parenthood for help after being in severe pain for two days with heavy bleeding. The \u201cproviders\u201d told her everything was fine and sent her home.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAfter taking the abortion pill, my body began to shut down,\u201d Thomas said. \u201cSomething I was told would be manageable turned into a life-threatening medical emergency.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Thomas developed a severe infection behind her uterus, and her condition deteriorated rapidly. She became so unstable due to severe blood loss and complications from the infection that if she were placed in a helicopter for transfer she likely would have died. An ambulance brought her to Hartford Healthcare Hospital where she was placed in a medically induced coma. The damage to her uterus was so extreme, the doctor had to perform a partial hysterectomy.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn one moment, my ability to carry children in the future was taken from me, not by choice, but by necessity to save my life,\u201d Thomas said. \u201cI took the abortion pill because I was scared and pressure by my boyfriend to end my child\u2019s life and in that process, I almost lost my life as well.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Bennett says that there is not a huge public outcry against Planned Parenthood being defunded. \u201cIt\u2019s not as if there\u2019s huge public pressure for them to get back funding,\u201d Bennett told The Federalist. \u201cYou rarely hear about it. When in the news have you really heard people being super offended about Planned Parenthood being defunded?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Just after their federal funding resumed, Planned Parenthood <a href=\"https:\/\/thehill.com\/policy\/healthcare\/5961357-47m-planned-parenthood-midterms\/\" type=\"link\" id=\"https:\/\/thehill.com\/policy\/healthcare\/5961357-47m-planned-parenthood-midterms\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">announced<\/a> it will spend $47 million on the November midterm elections with the sole purpose of unseating the Republicans who <a href=\"https:\/\/thehill.com\/policy\/healthcare\/5377656-senate-gop-provision-planned-parenthood\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">voted to cut off<\/a> the organization from federal funding last year. Meaning, for every $20 that Planned Parenthood receives from taxpayers it will spend $1 on politics.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe Decide\u201d campaign from Planned Parenthood Votes \u2014 an independent Super PAC affiliated with Planned Parenthood \u2014 will target ads and voter outreach in battleground House races in Arizona, California, Colorado, Iowa, Michigan, New York, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin, as reported by The Hill.<\/p>\n<hr>\n<p>      Libby Bandelin is a reporting and editing intern at The Federalist with the Intercollegiate Studies Institute.   A recent graduate from Dordt University, she earned her B.A. in communications with an emphasis in journalism and a minor in criminal justice.   In college, she served as chief editor for her student newspaper, and her writing won third place in the 2026 Cordell Prize.  She&#8217;s also attended journalism intensives with WORLD newsgroup and Alliance Defending Freedom.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Pro-Life Protest at Capitol Over Planned Parenthood Funding<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4334,"featured_media":2632562,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Copy-of-Copy-of-Copy-of-Copy-of-Copy-of-Copy-of-Copy-of-CORRECT-Twitter-template-1-1200-x-900-px-1200-x-900-px.png","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33651],"tags":[35320,36513,8347,3970,36292],"class_list":["post-2632561","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-western-journal","tag-abortion-debate","tag-federal-funding","tag-pro-life","tag-protests","tag-reproductive-rights"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Copy-of-Copy-of-Copy-of-Copy-of-Copy-of-Copy-of-Copy-of-CORRECT-Twitter-template-1-1200-x-900-px-1200-x-900-px.png","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2632561","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4334"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2632561"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2632561\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2632565,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2632561\/revisions\/2632565"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2632562"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2632561"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2632561"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2632561"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}