July 3, 2025, marks the beginning of the end for the abortion giant, according to pro-life leader Marjorie Dannenfelser.
The other shoe just dropped.
The final language of the “One Big Beautiful” bill prohibits clinics and providers that offer abortions from accepting federal Medicaid funding for any services. Paired with the recent Medina decision, which allows individual states to defund Planned Parenthood through state Medicaid programs, the legislation deals a serious financial blow to the abortion giant.
“It’s the biggest victory since the Dobbs decision,” President of Susan B. Anthony Pro-Life America Marjorie Dannenfelser told National Review at the Capitol following the final House vote. “So much corruption, so much harms to women over time, and so many years where we just kept funding them every single year. . . . 2025 is the beginning of the end.”
Though the bill does not mention Planned Parenthood by name, the nonprofit is the only organization to which the language applies. Almost 200 of 600 Planned Parenthood centers in the country could close due to the funding cuts, according to the organization itself. Alexis McGill Johnson, president and CEO of the group, vows to sue the Trump administration for what she calls an unlawful attack.
The original House-passed bill rolled back federal funding for Planned Parenthood for ten years, but Senate revisions cut the timeline down to one year.
When asked if there was any disappointment in the change, pro-life Representative Chris Smith said Republicans will take what they can get on the issue: One year is better than none.
“The Byrd rule manifested, so we’ll come back and do it again,” Smith said. “I look forward to the fight because I think the more women know what Planned Parenthood is, the less likely they’ll ever cross that threshold and cross their doors.”
The 1976 Hyde amendment already prevents federal funds from subsidizing abortions directly, but the new legislation goes further to block all federal Medicaid funding from supporting the organization.
“There’s actually some good work that Planned Parenthood does,” Representative Jeff Van Drew told National Review in the hallway outside the House chamber. “But people — whether they are pro-choice or pro-life — don’t want to pay for it.”
Tax dollars that fund Planned Parenthood indirectly subsidize abortions, Hyde amendment or no Hyde amendment, Van Drew said. If that wasn’t the case, the organization would not be a target for pro-life lawmakers.
“I think it’s extraordinary that there’s even one year,” Van Drew said. Some of his colleagues were worried that the provision would be removed completely before the bill cleared both chambers, he added.
Pro-life House Republicans were not happy with the Senate’s decision to scale back the funding cuts, according Representative Tim Burchett, but were satisfied about the issue after further negotiation with the president.
“We’re going to work on it because that’s a moving target,” Burchett told National Review. “The president reaffirmed his position on that, and he’s going to work with us on any discomfort on that. If we need to put any more legislation in, then we’ll do just that.”
Burchett said he personally hopes the end result of this legislation will be the elimination of abortion and any taxpayer funding to Planned Parenthood.
July 3, 2025, marks the beginning of the end for the abortion giant, according to Dannenfelser.
“It’s a moment to be excited, celebrate,” she said. “And while we’re celebrating a negative, yes — we’re not going to fund something horrible — now we can also put everything we’ve got into doing something positive for women and children.”