May 11, 2026
With the One-Year Cut in Healthcare Dollars lost to Abortion Vendors Coming to an End, Planned Parenthood Will Get a Massive Gift on America’s 250th Birthday
“Despite President Trump’s stated goal of making abortion a state issue, as long as tax dollars support Planned Parenthood & Big Abortion, it’s federal. And as long as Chemical Abortion Pill policy continues with Biden’s pro-abortion chaos, it’s federal,” said Students for Life Action’s Kristan Hawkins. “We warned the U.S. Senate last year that cutting U.S. House proposal of 10 years of defunding to one would land us in a battle right at the mid-terms. And here we are. Those who vote pro-life first demand that healthcare spending goes to those working to keep all their patients alive.”
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WASHINGTON D.C. (05-11-2026) – Students for Life Action (SFLAction) President Kristan Hawkins announced a national, emergency webcast to rally grassroots activists to demand that President Trump, U.S. House Speaker Mike Johnson, and U.S. Senate Majority Leader John Thune craft a new reconciliation bill that fixes the problem of Planned Parenthood and Big Abortion getting access to hundreds of millions of tax dollars on America’s 250th birthday. That unfortunate deadline was set when President Trump signed the “Big, Beautiful” Budget Bill last year on July 4, leading to a crisis right before the mid-terms.
Click here to view the Call to Action.
“The extraordinary chain of events that led to a new reality — one in which everyone knows that Planned Parenthood and their predatory allies CAN be cut off from taxpayer funding, with the money going to real healthcare providers — needs to be repeated. Pro-Life voters are watching to see whether they will get a return on investment in the Trump Administration and the GOP,” said Hawkins. “And if Republicans don’t want to vote on Planned Parenthood spending, then debarment is the solution.”
The Countdown to Defunding Planned Parenthood Webcast will be hosted by David Bereit, Executive Director, Life Leadership Fund. Guests will include:
- Kristan Hawkins, President, Students for Life Action
- U.S. Senator Josh Hawley (R-MO)
- Former U.S. Representative Marylin Musgrave, Vice President of Government Affairs with SBA Pro-Life America
- Melanie Israel, Visiting Fellow, Richard and Helen DeVos Center for Life, Religion, and Family, with the Heritage Foundation
- Dr. Catherine Wheeler with AAPLOG – the American Association of Pro-Life OBGYNs
- Toni McFadden, a Pro-Life advocate, international speaker, and author of Redeemed: My Journey After Abortion
- Kristi Hamrick, Vice President of Media & Policy, Students for Life Action
Since the beginning of the Trump Administration calls to end taxpayer support of abortion vendors have been raised nationwide. Last year, at this exact time, a Capitol Hill event included leaders from all walks of life, dedicated to seeing healthcare spending to go those who work to protect all their patients.
You can watch that 2025 event HERE, which included:
- Rep. Chris Smith (R- NJ)
- Rep. Mary Miller (R-IL)
- Senator Tommy Tuberville (R-AL)
- Rep. Andy Biggs (R-AZ)
- Kristan Hawkins, President of SFLA & SFLAction
- Marjorie Dannenfelser, President, Susan B. Anthony Pro-Life America
- Mayra Rodriguez, Former Planned Parenthood worker & Whistleblower
- Janae Strake, Vice President of Outreach and Advocacy, Heritage Action For America
- Tony Perkins, President, Family Research Council
- Jennie Bradley Lichter, President, March for Life
- Ralph Reed, Founder & Chairman, Faith & Freedom Coalition
- Toni McFadden, Pro-Life Activist
- Kimberly Bird, Vice President of External Relations, Live Action
- Tom McClusky, Director of Government Affairs, CatholicVote
- Melissa Ohden, Founder, Abortion Survivors Network
- Penny Nance, CEO & President, Concerned Women for America
- Jonathan Alexandre, Senior Counsel, Liberty Counsel
- Michele Venditto, Director, Campaign for Abortion Free Cities
- Bishop Abel Palomo, National Association of Hispanic Pastors
Prioritizing the end of federal support for abortion represents a long-term goal of SFLAction.
Read more here:
- Hawkins & Hamrick at the Washington Examiner – “Defund Benghazi”
- Hawkins in the Washington Times: Mr. President, stop funding your political enemies It’s time to put Planned Parenthood out of business
For interviews, contact [email protected].
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The Pro-Life Generation (PLG) is an umbrella organization encompassing the most-cutting edge engagement opportunities for a Vote Pro-Life First Community. PLG includes Students for Life Action (SFLAction), a 501c4, along with its 501c3 sister organization, Students for Life of America (SFLA), that together make up the nation’s largest, pro-life youth organization, managing a grassroots political and policy operation engaging Americans of all ages but with a special emphasis on the largest segment of voters — the Youth Vote. Headquartered in Fredericksburg, VA, PLG/SFLA/SFLAction serves more than 1,400 groups on middle, high school, college, medical, and law school campuses in all 50 states. Our team has more conversations with this generation targeted by the abortion lobby than any other pro-life operation in the world, each week reaching more than 4 million across social media platforms and averaging 1.3 million video views. In addition to SFLA/SFLAction, PLG leads multiple initiatives to lead and serve the future of the pro-life movement including the Campaign for Abortion Free Cities, Standing With You, and the Demetree Institute for Pro-Life Advancement . Over more than 17 years, PLG CEO Kristan Hawkins has grown the operation into a nearly $20M organization, now preparing for an abortion-free America.
