First on the fox: More than 150 state and national coalitions signed a sent letter in Congress On Wednesday morning, the legislators in the moment to reduce the funding of medicaid to « great abortion », mainly parental planned, through budget reconciliation.
Budget reconciliation It is a special legislative process used in Congress to make changes in expense, income and federal debt limit.
While the coalition recognizes the Trump Administration’s efforts to stop the former president Joe Biden’s « Aigente Agenda » and reduced government waste through Elon Musk’s Government Efficiency Department (DOGE), the group said that a « Republican Trifecta presents the opportunity to strengthen these efforts » even more.
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A sign is shown at the entrance to a New York Planned Parthenhood building on August 31, 2015. (Reuters/Lucas Jackson)
After the President Donald Trump’s The electoral victory and its subsequent pro-vidal people accused of the Department of Justice of the Biden Administration (DOJ), the Pro-Vida conservatives are redirecting their efforts in the movement to reduce the access of abortion suppliers to widespread federal funding.
« Republican reconciliation The invoices of 2015 and 2017 included a disposition to stop giving US tax dollars won to great abortion, « he wrote the groups. » In 2025 it is even more urgent to reduce funding for this industry that endure women and children not born and spend tens of millions of dollars to promote policies and candidates. Planned Parenthood and groups like this were among the first identified for Elon Musk’s cost -saving measures that sang them at the Wall Street Journal last November. « »
Trump has it The funding of « already rolled up » for abortion groups abroad through its executive order that strengthens the Hyde modification, a law that prohibits federal funds from being used to pay for abortions.
“The action of Congress is necessary to stop the taxpayer’s biggest cash source for domestic abortion industry – Medicaid, « says the letter.
Although HYDE modification establishes federal boundaries in abortion funding, individual states have authority to expand or restrict Medicaid coverage beyond these exceptions. Some states choose to use state funds to provide medicaid coverage for abortion services beyond cases allowed by Hyde’s modification, while others are not.
Several legislators of the House and the Senate have already introduced bills to make federal support in Planned Parenthood. Introduced by representative Michelle Fischbach, R-Minn.
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A PLANNED PLANTHOOD mobile clinic is seen here in an undated photo.
Senator Josh HawleyR-MO., He also introduced the final taxpayer’s financing law for abortion suppliers in January, seeking to avoid parenting and similar abortion suppliers across the country. Sens. Rand Paul, R-KY, and Markwayne Mullin, R-Okla., Along with another six other legislators, reintroduced this legislation in January.
In 2024, Planned Parenthood – the main abortion service provider in the country – spent about $ 70 million To support abortion candidates and abortion voting measures across the country through the political action arm. Abortion was one of the main problems of the party’s platform for Democrats in 2024, with Arizona, Colorado, Maryland, Missouri and Montana voting on constitution of abortion in its state constitutions.
« His massive political arm, Planned Parenthood Fund, promotes abortions throughout the quarter and promotes fear lies that women and girls put at unnecessary risk, » the letter said.
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President Donald Trump talks to journalists as he signs executive orders at the Oval Office of the White House, on Tuesday, February 4, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)
Both the Chamber and the Senate adopted separate budgets for the year 2025 last month, and it is expected that both pass the reconciliation packages in April or May. The Trump Administration also plans to freeze $ 27.5 million in Federal Family Planning Aid in Organizations, including Planned Parenthood, while reviewing its use of funds for diversity, equity and inclusion (Dei), on Tuesday the Wall Street Journal reported.
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« Women and children deserve better care. In an era of federal funding, Congress should begin by reducing funding for large abortion in the next Reconciliation Bill, » the groups said.
Among the 150 major pro-vida coalitions that signed the letter, are Susan B. Anthony Pro-Life America, AAPLOG ACTION, ACLJ ACTION, Advancing American Freedom and AFA Action.
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