Republican lawmakers in the USA are considering dropping a nuclear funding bomb on abort-for-profit giants such as Planned Parenthood.
House Speaker Mike Johnson (pictured) indicated earlier this week that Republicans are considering cutting funds for abortion giants and redirecting them toward pro-life centres as part of the House budget blueprint.
Johnson indicated briefly on April 29 that the reconciliation process for the latest budget blueprint has included discussion on slashing federal funding for major abortion bodies and reallocating those funds toward pro-life organisations, per OSV. Multiple congressional Republicans have signaled support for defunding Planned Parenthood and banning abortion funding since Trump won the 2024 election.
“(The budget) could be used as a vehicle to redirect funds away from big abortion and to federally qualified health centers,” the Speaker said.
While Johnson did not mention Planned Parenthood specifically, Republican Kentucky Rep. Brett Guthrie told Fox News Digital on May 1 that House Republicans have discussed cutting federal funding for Planned Parenthood.
“We are working on a lot of different options, but that’s been discussed,” Guthrie said.
Planned Parenthood’s most recent annual report revealed that its affiliates across the nation took in $699.3 million in government “health services” reimbursements and grants, accounting for 39 percent of its total revenue during that period. At the same time, the abortion chain committed 392,715 abortions – yet procedures such as pap tests and cancer screenings continued to decline as percentages of its overall business.
Groups including Students for Life Action have called on Trump to “debar and defund” Planned Parenthood even before he returned to office, laying out a variety of reasons they could be removed from eligibility to receive government funding.