
A one-year prohibition on federal Medicaid funding for Planned Parenthood expired Saturday, restoring taxpayer dollars to the nation’s largest abortion business on America’s 250th birthday.
The expiration prompted strong condemnation from pro-life advocates who called on Congress and President Trump to immediately restore the defunding.
The ban, part of the One Big Beautiful Bill Act signed by President Trump on July 4, 2025, had blocked Medicaid reimbursements to Planned Parenthood and similar abortion organizations that kill unborn babies. Its expiration allows federal funds to resume flowing to the group for non-abortion activities. ---More...
