Pro-life groups praise House GOP budget bill cutting Medicaid funding for Planned Parenthood

The spending-and-budget bill that House Republicans passed Thursday morning for President Trump prevents Medicaid funding from being used for abortions, including for the abortion provider Planned Parenthood.

Pro-life groups praised the move.

"This is an historic win for Pro-Life Americans and children in the womb, as Planned Parenthood and Big Abortion has been cut out of the 'Big, Beautiful Bill' and has been told to go fund themselves," Students for Life Action President Kristan Hawkins said in a statement. "Our 50-state grassroots network will now turn our attention to the U.S. Senate, asking them to put life-saving care over the interests of the abortion lobby."

SBA Pro-Life America President Marjorie Dannenfelser said, "Today Congress took a big step toward stopping forced taxpayer funding of the Big Abortion industry. This is a crucial win in the fight against America's #1 cause of death – abortion – and against waste and corruption.

"Medicaid will be stronger for those who need it most. There is no excuse for forcing taxpayers to prop up a scandal-ridden industry that prioritizes abortions, gender transitions, and partisan political activism instead of prenatal care, cancer screening, and other legitimate health services that are in continual decline," Dannenfelser continued.

The bill goes to the Senate next for passage.

"We commend Speaker Johnson and House Republicans for standing strong to get the One Big Beautiful Bill Act passed," Dannenfelser said. "We now urge the Senate to do its part, and both chambers to come together and get it across the finish line. More than 400,000 babies a year, their mothers, and countless American taxpayers are depending on you."

Meanwhile, Reproductive Freedom for All, a pro-abortion group, criticized the passage of the budget bill on Thursday.

"This devastating bill will take away health care from millions of people and could shut down Planned Parenthood health centers, a safe haven for many seeking access to reproductive care," Reproductive Freedom for All President and CEO Mini Timmaraju said.

"Medicaid and Planned Parenthood are each more popular than any politician, and Americans will not accept this attack on their health care. We now have confirmation that Trump’s empty promises to ‘Save Medicaid’ were outright lies. The truth is that the GOP is taking away health care from families and they will face the consequences at the ballot box."