May 14, 2025
Students for Life Action (SFLAction) applauds the U.S. House of Representatives for its historic budget bill that includes, in its base text, language to defund Planned Parenthood and all abortion vendors for ten years. This represents a tremendous victory for SFLAction and pro-lifers everywhere—although the battle is far from over. Next stop: the Senate, where we hope and pray the House’s language will be preserved.
SFLAction has been very active in promoting this landmark effort to defund Planned Parenthood via the budget reconciliation process. We’ve written letters, lobbied, mobilized, and, most recently, hosted a galvanizing online event that informed viewers on the issue and got them to take action by reaching out to legislators in support of this initiative. This live webcast, hosted by SFLAction’s President Kristan Hawkins, included powerful speeches from Abby Johnson, President of And Then There Were None (ATTWN); Marjorie Dannenfeiser, President of Sudan B. Anthony Pro-Life America; Penny Nance, President of Concerned Women for America (CWA); and David Bereit, founder of 40 Days for Life.
News of the defunding language in the budget comes just as Planned Parenthood released its annual report, showing that U.S. taxpayers are more on the hook than ever to support the abortion giant by providing a whopping 39% of its budget. It’s time to end the injustice of forced taxpayer funding of preborn babies’ deaths.
Now, with the bill’s base text containing the key language we’ve been advocating for so long, Hawkins has released a statement urging the Senate to repeat the victory seen in the House:
The full statement runs as follows:
The Pro-Life Generation is celebrating a milestone as the U.S. House Energy & Commerce budget bill includes defunding Planned Parenthood and all abortion vendors in the base text, directing healthcare investment for families toward those who protect and promote health rather than end it for profit. This good news comes as horrified voters learned that Planned Parenthood got a 13% pay raise from taxpayers, raking in more than $790 million as the ended more than 402,000 young lives, according to their newly released annual report. This waste can end this year. The fact that the plan includes ending the forced funding of abortion for 10 years rather than one year also represents a huge win for this part of the reconciliation budget process. Students for Life Action thanks Chairman Brett Guthrie, the GOP committee members, and U.S. House Speaker Mike Johnson for fighting to protect the least of these. But the fight continues. We call on the U.S. Senate to incorporate this vital language into their base text bill, to get a Big, Beautiful, Pro-Life Bill on President Trump’s desk as soon as possible. It’s time to end the forced taxpayer funding of abortion.
