Defunding abortion providers through the reconciliation process would allow the Senate to bypass the critical 60-vote threshold for a simple majority vote instead, capitalizing on Republicans’ overall trifecta.
Students for Life Action is launching a month-long campaign to pressure 12 GOP senators to support defunding Planned Parenthood and other abortion organizations in the “Big, Beautiful Bill.”
Sen. Josh Hawley asked Kennedy if he would reinstate a policy from Trump’s first term barring providing taxpayer funding for NIH research programs that uses human fetal tissue derived from the body parts of aborted babies.
Republican lawmakers are demanding an investigation into Biden’s Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) for allegedly illegally using U.S. taxpayer dollars to pay for at least 21 abortions in Mozambique through PEPFAR (the President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief).
Hawley called on Trump to “set the moral tone of his second term” by repealing the Biden administration’s pro-abortion legacy.
Federal funding for the nation’s largest abortion provider could be on the chopping block under the direction of Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy and the newly created Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE).
Missouri Gov. Mike Parson (R) signed a bill on Thursday to ban abortion providers and their affiliates from receiving reimbursements from Medicaid.
The Biden administration is trying to make U.S. taxpayers fund abortions by leaving out the Hyde Amendment from the Fiscal Year 2025 budget.
Florida will be allowed to defund Planned Parenthood on June 1, after a federal judge ended a permanent injunction on Tuesday blocking part of a 2016 law.
The head of the U.S. Bishops’ Conference (USCCB), Archbishop Timothy Broglio, has publicly corrected President Biden’s misrepresentation of the position of Church leaders on the matter of taxpayer-funded abortion.
House Democrats reintroduced a bill that would reverse the Hyde Amendment, a provision that prevents direct taxpayer funding of abortion.
The omnibus spending bill includes $286 million in Title X funding for “voluntary family planning projects.”
Congressional Republicans reminded the Department of Defense (DOD) on Thursday that it is barred from using taxpayer dollars to fund and facilitate abortions.
The groups sent a letter to Congress warning that taxpayers could end up funding abortions by the VA under a new Biden administration rule.
President Joe Biden said he would support the use of federal funds to help women afford abortions, he revealed in an interview.
Rep. Chris Smith (R-NJ) condemned as a “human rights abuse” NJ’s new abortion law that allows abortion even up until the moment of birth.
More than 180 House members vowed to preserve the Hyde Amendment and vote against any funding bills that force taxpayers to pay for abortion.
The Biden Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) issued a final rule Monday that reverses the Trump administration’s policy of prohibiting taxpayer funds to family planning clinics that refer clients for abortion.
New Hampshire Gov. Chris Sununu (R) spoke out Wednesday against a vote by the Executive Council to end family planning contracts for facilities that provide abortion, calling the decision “incredibly disappointing.”
The U.S. Bishops’ Conference (USCCB) warned Friday of a “huge battle shaping up over taxpayer funding of abortion.”
Nancy Pelosi’s archbishop slammed her on Thursday after she used her Catholic faith to explain why she supports taxpayer funded abortions.
American leaders for life are calling upon fellow citizens to oppose the Democrats’ plan to eliminate the longstanding Hyde Amendment.
House Democrats blocked consideration of a bill Wednesday that would have codified the Hyde Amendment into federal law and banned taxpayer funding of abortion.
A coalition of 22 state attorneys general called upon Congress to restore the Hyde Amendment and prohibit taxpayer funding of abortions.
Sen. Joe Manchin said he will continue to support the Hyde Amendment and support the ban on taxpayer funding of abortion in the United States.
Biden released his budget Friday, one that would eliminate the longstanding Hyde Amendment and force American taxpayers to fund abortions.
The Biden administration announced it plans to reverse the Trump Protect Life Rule, which created a boundary between abortion and family planning.
President Joe Biden’s HHS said it will rewrite the Trump administration’s rule barring Title X family planning funds from Planned Parenthood.
House Democrats introduced a bill Tuesday that would repeal the Helms Amendment, forcing American taxpayers to fund abortions overseas.
Sen. Steve Daines (R-MT) said the COVID Relief bill provides $400 billion with no protections against its use to fund elective abortions.
A district court granted Planned Parenthood a temporary restraining order against Texas as the state was ready to end its Medicaid funding.
Planned Parenthood facilities in Texas will no longer receive taxpayer funds through the Medicaid program beginning February 3.
The annual March for Life, held virtually this year, begins Friday at noon ET with the theme, “Together Strong: Life Unites!”
GOP Study Committee chair Jim Banks said “not a single Democrat” in the House would pledge to protect the Hyde Amendment.
The White House announced Biden will sign an executive order revoking the pro-life Mexico City Policy that bars taxpayer funding of abortion abroad.
Two national polls show Americans share bipartisan unity on prohibiting taxpayer funding of abortion, both in the United States and abroad.
Dr. Fauci said Biden “will be revoking the Mexico City Policy” to allow overseas groups to use U.S. health assistance funding to perform abortions.
The Trump administration announced its enforcement of federal conscience protection laws with regard to the funding of, and participation in, abortions.
Rep. Rose DeLauro said the Hyde Amendment is a “discriminatory policy” because many women of color lack the funding to obtain an abortion.
On Tuesday House Democrats will convene a hearing to ignite their extreme abortion agenda, including repeal of the Hyde Amendment.
