For Immediate Release: July 1, 2026
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New CLI Research: 11 Blue States Have Backfilled Funding to Planned Parenthood

Washington, D.C. – On July 4, the landmark 2025 provision of the Working Families Tax Cuts that defunded Big Abortion will expire, allowing Planned Parenthood and other abortion businesses to once again receive taxpayer dollars through Medicaid. Top national political pro-life group Susan B. Anthony Pro-Life America is urging lawmakers to do all within their power to renew the defunding provision immediately.

According to new research from the Charlottle Lozier Institute, 11 states have increased funding to Planned Parenthood and abortion businesses since the One Big Beautiful Bill Working Families Tax Cuts was signed: California, Colorado, Connecticut, Illinois, Massachusetts, Maine, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, Oregon and Washington. Collectively, these states represent a total of at least $202.5 million in supplemental funding for Planned Parenthood or similar abortion businesses.

Susan B. Anthony Pro-Life America president Marjorie Dannenfelser issued the following statement:

“Thanks to Majority Leader Thune, Speaker Mike Johnson, and our pro-life majority in Congress we saw a historic victory last year when taxpayers were no longer forced to prop up an industry that profits from killing babies in the womb. Now this hard-won progress stands on the brink of reversal. On our nation’s 250th anniversary when we celebrate the self-evident truth that all men are created equal with the unalienable right to life, our taxpayer dollars will once again flow to abortion businesses that profit from the destruction of nearly half a million unborn children every year.

“Defunding Big Abortion is now the default expectation of the pro-life movement. When they return to D.C., Republicans must do all they can through reconciliation to once again block taxpayer dollars from Planned Parenthood and abortion businesses.”

Susan B. Anthony Pro-Life America sent letters to both U.S. Senate Republicans and members of the House of Representatives in June urging them to stay committed to passing a reconciliation bill that keeps taxpayer dollars out of the hands of Big Abortion businesses like Planned Parenthood. The letters site more research from the Charlotte Lozier Institute showing community health centers that serve Americans on Medicaid outnumber Planned Parenthoods 15:1 and provide more comprehensive care.

According to its own latest report, Planned Parenthood performed a record 434,450 abortions last year, selling women seeking pregnancy help an abortion 97% of the time.

Susan B. Anthony Pro-Life America is a network of more than one million pro-life Americans nationwide, dedicated to ending abortion by electing national leaders and advocating for laws that save lives, with a special calling to promote pro-life women leaders.

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