New House Republican Reconciliation Bill Doesn’t Defund Planned Parenthood

House Republicans have been discussing reconciliation for months, with one consistent priority: reinstating the ban on federal funding for abortions. However, the budget resolution to kick-start the reconciliation process, released Wednesday morning, included no directive to block the funding.

House Republicans introduced the $95 billion budget resolution with two goals in mind: pass the SAVE America Act and provide emergency supplemental defense funding.

When this Congress last July passed the first reconciliation bill, the “One Big, Beautiful Bill,” it prohibited Medicaid reimbursements for Planned Parenthood for a year. That expired this month, and Planned Parenthood, the nation’s largest provider of abortions, is once again eligible for federal funding.

Pro-life Republicans are now calling on Congress to ensure that the hundreds of millions of taxpayer dollars will no longer be given to Planned Parenthood, which was responsible for the abortion of 430,000 preborn American children last year. ---More...