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‘Protecting Life Should Never Have An Expiration Date’: Pro-Life Org Protests Renewed Federal Funding Of Abortion

Pro-life coalitions and Congress members gather to say there is ‘no good excuse’ for resuming federal funding to the abortion mega-provider.

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Members of Live Action’s “Defund Planned Parenthood Coalition” 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.

Last year, Republicans passed the “One Big Beautiful Bill Act,” which paused 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.

“That was a win. It was one of the most significant pro-life victories Congress has delivered since the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade,” said Rep. Mark Harris, R-N.C., in his speech at the event. “But it did not go far enough. Protecting life should never have an expiration date.”

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.

“It is absolutely unacceptable and indefensible that a Republican Congress would fund Planned Parenthood. I’m here today to say, not on my watch,” Sen. Hawley said in his speech. “I can’t 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.”

Despite no federal funds for the past 12 months, a recent investigation by the Charlotte Lozier Institute found that as of June 2026 Planned Parenthood “has nearly 600 locations across the country” that “collectively provided a record 434,450 abortions (an increase of over 8 percent from the previous fiscal year)” and “2,268,991 contraceptive services.”

Planned Parenthood is also a crucial component of the $4.5 billion........

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