With only days remaining until Planned Parenthood’s federal funding resumes, the pro-abortion entity is now moving to attack vulnerable Republicans who’re up for reelection in the upcoming midterms.
Last Fourth of July, President Donald Trump signed the One Big Beautiful Bill, which contained a provision in it prohibiting Medicaid reimbursements to Planned Parenthood for one year and just one year alone.
The Big Beautiful Bill only pauses funding for Planned Parenthood for one year.
Is it a good bill? Yes.
Is it even close to a great deal considering that Republicans have control of the House and Senate? No.
Sorry, but that’s the truth.
— Derrick Evans (@DerrickEvans4WV) June 29, 2025
With the one-year deadline approaching, some congressional Republicans are moving as fast as they can to implement a new ban before Planned Parenthood starts raking in federal money again.
“I will work with my Republican colleagues to figure out how we can extend this provision,” Republican Sen. Pete Ricketts told The Daily Signal. “Allowing taxpayer dollars to fund abortion is an assault on America’s values.”
Abortion giant Planned Parenthood will receive federal funding again in 8 days.
Congress,
SHUT THEM DOWN.
— Lila Rose (@LilaGraceRose) June 26, 2026
The problem is that Planned Parenthood appears to be working just as hard to attack vulnerable Republicans to intimidate them into not voting for another funding block.
The Planned Parenthood Action Fund explained in a Friday announcement that it’s launching a $2 million campaign to target a number of vulnerable House Republicans.
“Planned Parenthood Action Fund is supporting digital advertising and on-the-ground efforts, mobilizing constituents to contact their members of Congress to stop attacks on Planned Parenthood health centers and oppose any legislation that attempts to make the ‘defund’ permanent,” the organization said in a press release.
Planned Parenthood’s targets include Reps. David Schweikert, Juan Ciscomani, Gabe Evans, Mariannette Miller-Meeks, Bill Huizenga, Tom Barrett, Mike Lawler, Brian Fitzpatrick, and Ryan Makenzie.
This new campaign will reportedly build on an original $1.5 million campaign that was launched in April.
“The numbers don’t lie: President Trump and congressional Republicans’ unconstitutional ‘defunding’ of Planned Parenthood health centers has stopped people from getting the time-sensitive, lifesaving care they need,” Action Fund executive director Brianna Twofoot said in April.
“People’s lives are being upended and their futures put at risk by the reckless actions of their elected officials. They didn’t ask for this. Lawmakers made this choice, and they need to own the consequences,” she added.
The good news is that the White House is prepared to unilaterally continue its battle against Planned Parenthood in case its funding is restarted.
“The Trump administration will continue to hold Planned Parenthood and all recipients of Federal funds fully accountable for any and all instances of waste, fraud, or abuse,” White House spokesperson Allison Schuster told The Daily Signal.
The further good news is that, according to President Donald Trump, congressional Republicans are in the process of “negotiating” some type of solution that hasn’t been publicly revealed yet:
Planned Parenthood funding resumes July 4. I asked @POTUS if he would like Congress to stop it.
“Congress is now negotiating. We’ve been very good for the people that want it, for the people that are here, and we’ll see how that goes. It’s been a very thorny to put it. To put… pic.twitter.com/MYzOnfboNX
— Elizabeth Troutman Mitchell (@TheElizMitchell) May 11, 2026
However, Noah Brandt, the vice president of communications and government affairs at Live Action, warned that though closing off Planned Parenthood’s federal money led to the closure of several of the organization’s facilities/clinics, it may not be good enough.
Speaking with The Daily Signal, Brant explained that the organization has since expanded into telehealth.
“I don’t know if they’re literally going to be building new facilities if they get their federal money back, but they certainly will be doing way more abortions and more trans-ing children,” he said.
Meanwhile, the Susan B. Anthony Pro-Life America non-profit has sent a letter to Republican senators urging them to defund Planned Parenthood again, ASAP.
“Budget reconciliation remains the only viable legislative path to continuing to defund Big Abortion businesses like Planned Parenthood,” the letter reads. “We urge you to act quickly for the sake of the unborn and their moms.”
