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Pro-Life Groups Urge Senate to Renew Planned Parenthood Funding Ban

4/22/2026

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A coalition of pro-life groups, including Live Action and Students for Life, urges the Senate to enact a decade-long ban on federal funding for Planned Parenthood and other abortion providers.
They push to extend the prohibition before the July 4 deadline.
The current ban, part of a budget bill signed by U.S. President Donald Trump, is set to expire.
Pro-life leaders say taxpayer funding supports abortion and harms vulnerable populations.

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A coalition of pro-life groups, including Live Action and Students for Life, urges the Senate to enact a decade-long ban on federal funding for Planned Parenthood and other abortion providers.
They push to extend the prohibition before the July 4 deadline.
The current ban, part of a budget bill signed by U.S. President Donald Trump, is set to expire.
Pro-life leaders say taxpayer funding supports abortion and harms vulnerable populations.