Some Republicans Are Defending Planned Parenthood Following Proposed Funding Cuts: Report
- Moderate House Republicans, including Fitzpatrick, Lawler, and Kiggans, opposed adding a Planned Parenthood defunding provision to the 2025 reconciliation bill in a Tuesday meeting with Speaker Mike Johnson.
- Their opposition stems from concerns about preserving health services Planned Parenthood provides beyond abortion and the complexity such provisions add to the reconciliation package aimed at broad budget cuts.
- Johnson pledged to redirect funds away from abortion services toward federally qualified health centers, while some pro-life advocates want a complete federal funding ban on Planned Parenthood under reconciliation.
- Between 2019 and 2021, Planned Parenthood was allocated close to $2 billion in federal funds and carried out over one million abortions; however, the Hyde Amendment continues to prohibit the use of direct federal money for abortion services.
- The dispute highlights a narrow House GOP majority that needs unity, suggesting the defunding effort might face obstacles despite Johnson's pledge and Senate Republicans' larger margin.
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Report: Some House GOP members object to removing Planned Parenthood funds from Trump bill - Catholic Review
WASHINGTON (OSV News) — A group of House Republicans have reportedly expressed opposition to eliminating Planned Parenthood’s federal funding through the budget reconciliation process. In a closed-door meeting May 6 between House Speaker Mike Johnson and House Majority Leader Steve Scalise, both Louisiana Republicans, and a number of House Republicans concerned about potential Medicaid cuts, some raised objections to using reconciliation as a ve…
3 Republicans Privately Demanding Funds for Planned Parenthood - News Addicts
Moderate Republicans are expected to be the biggest obstacle for anti-abortion advocates seeking to strip federal funding from Planned Parenthood in an upcoming reconciliation package, and some have already begun expressing opposition. The issue of defunding Planned Parenthood was briefly raised during a closed-door meeting Tuesday evening between Speaker Mike Johnson, House Majority Leader Steve […] The post 3 Republicans Privately Demanding Fu…
Trump Says GOP Will "Work Something Out" to Defund Planned Parenthood
President Donald Trump expressed confidence that Republicans will resolve internal disagreements to advance legislation defunding Planned Parenthood. “I don’t know yet. I have to see because you’re just telling me that for the first time, we’ll work something out,” Trump said in response to questions about opposition from some House Republicans to including Planned Parenthood defunding provisions in this year’s reconciliation bill. The reconcili…
GOP Planned Parenthood Defunding Plan Hits Roadblock - American Faith
Key moderate Republicans are quietly pushing back against efforts to defund Planned Parenthood through the upcoming reconciliation package, according to sources cited by NOTUS. During a closed-door meeting with House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) and Majority Leader Steve Scalise (R-LA), lawmakers including Reps. Mike Lawler (R-NY), Brian Fitzpatrick (R-PA), and Jen Kiggans (R-VA) reportedly voiced concern about using the budget process to cut Med…
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