Speaker Mike Johnson: “We’re Not Going to Authorize Taxpayer Funding for Abortion”

Most House Republicans appear to uphold the party’s longstanding principle against allocating taxpayer funds for abortion, despite President Trump’s call for them to be “flexible” on it.

“We’re not going to authorize taxpayer funding for abortion. I mean, It’s been a consistent policy,” House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., who spoke at the March For Life in 2025, told reporters at the Capitol on Wednesday.

“We are not going to change the standard that has been, frankly, bipartisan up until recent days… I’m just not going to allow that to happen,” Johnson continued. -- More...