In this issue:

• Though the Trump administration has temporarily defunded Planned Parenthood, some states are now stepping in to give your hard-earned tax dollars to the abortion giant.
• Finding a loophole in the Medicaid laws, Planned Parenthood of Wisconsin is able to resume killing preborn babies.
• Pro-lifers in Tyler, Texas, celebrate the closing of the Planned Parenthood that has been a staple of its city since 2012.

Planned Parenthood Still Receives Tax Funding – Now from States

By Katie Brown Xavios

This July, America took a historic first step toward protecting life: Congress passed the “One Big Beautiful Bill Act,” which was then signed into law by President Trump. This legislation blocked most federal Medicaid funding to Planned Parenthood and its affiliates for one year, cutting off over $800 million in taxpayer dollars from the nation’s largest abortion provider. 

While it is not the rock-solid victory pro-lifers had wanted, it is a start. That is, until pro-abortion states stepped in. Several states have now pledged to fill the funding gap for Planned Parenthood with state taxpayer funding, and the largest pledges are coming from California and New York. 

California, home to the highest paid Planned Parenthood CEO, who receives an annual salary of nearly $1 million, pledged to allocate $140 million in state taxpayer funding to the abortion machine. California is already the most liberal baby-killing state and a self-proclaimed “abortion haven,” and now it will abuse hundreds of millions in state tax funding to defy a federal mandate. 

New York has also pledged nearly $35 million in taxpayer funding to aid Planned Parenthood. New York’s governor, Kathy Hochul, signed into law the New York State Abortion Access Program, which will allocate the multi-million-dollar funding for abortion each year. 

Other states that have moved to fill Planned Parenthood’s funding gap or sue the Trump administration for cutting funding include Washington, Colorado, Massachusetts, Oregon, Connecticut, Illinois, New Jersey, Vermont, Rhode Island, Minnesota, and Hawaii.

These actions prove that, whether through private funding or tax funding, Planned Parenthood will find a way to get paid for abortions. 

Over the summer, we were encouraged when several states moved to defund Planned Parenthood at the state level and when the Supreme Court ruled in favor of South Carolina stating that, yes, states CAN defund Planned Parenthood. STOPP encourages more states to take matters into their own hands and to fully defund the abortion giant. 

In American Life League’s latest report on Planned Parenthood funding in both liberal and conservative states, we proved that we have a long way to go in stopping the funding of baby killing. 

However, federal and state defunding is a great start. ALL and STOPP encourage our national lawmakers to make the federal ban on Planned Parenthood funding permanent and our state lawmakers to do the same in their home states.

We must protect life, and that starts with defunding Planned Parenthood for good! 

Planned Parenthood of Wisconsin Finds Loophole That May End Medicaid Defunding

By Emily Finlay

Less than one month after pausing its abortion services, Planned Parenthood of Wisconsin has resumed killing preborn babies—and it’s using a loophole to receive our federal tax dollars while doing it.

In late September, PPWI announced that it would not schedule any abortion appointments after September 30. The organization blamed the recent Medicaid defunding for the pause and promised to find an option that would allow it to restore its baby-killing services.

And it didn’t take long to find it. On October 27, PP of Wisconsin announced that it was once again committing abortions and that it would also continue to see patients who use Medicaid. In the press release, PPWI shared that a recent court filing from Health and Human Services said that “family planning organizations could continue billing Medicaid by ceasing abortion, or by relinquishing their tax-exempt status, or relinquishing their Essential Community Provider status.” PPWI chose the third option, claiming that this change means it can now receive Medicaid reimbursements.

Essential Community Providers are facilities that serve “predominantly low-income, medically underserved individuals.” Insurance providers must contract with a certain number of ECPs to offer health insurance plans through the Health Insurance Marketplace (healthcare.gov). Since Planned Parenthood of Wisconsin is no longer an ECP that will help meet this quota, it may lose contracts with some of these insurance companies. Ultimately, however, PPWI sacrifices little to regain its access to Medicaid funds while continuing its violent killing. 

Though it hasn’t happened yet, we may soon see other affiliates taking advantage of this loophole—if it’s upheld—cutting the defunding’s already-limited timeline short. This development shows that half-hearted legislation isn’t enough to protect preborn human beings from the abortion giant. We must take bold, decisive action that defunds Planned Parenthood permanently and closes its doors for good.

East Texas Celebrates Planned Parenthood Tyler Closure

By John Pisciotta, PhD (founding executive director of Pro-Life in the Public Square)

Planned Parenthood in Tyler closed on July 17. On October 12, the pro-life community of East Texas celebrated. The Tyler facility opened in 2012 as part of the Planned Parenthood of Greater Texas affiliate.

The Planned Parenthood facility in Tyler did not perform abortions. However, as the only Planned Parenthood in the vast area of East Texas, it played a valuable role in PPGT’s abortion game plan.

The October celebration was sponsored by Tyler 40 Days for Life. Lars Gustafson has led 40 Days for the past two years, and to the cheers of nearly 200 attending, Lars made a commitment to continue 40 Days for Life in Tyler in 2026. 

Kaylie Sevier, the president of the University of Texas at Tyler’s Students for Life of America chapter, spoke on the challenge of campus pro-life leadership. When she took over the chapter, she was the only student in the club, but she creatively grew it to over 20 students. They now host a variety of events to keep life issues visible on campus. 

I was honored to be the keynote speaker at the celebration, with the charge of encouraging the pro-life faithful to become stronger and avoid any letdown. I pointed to the need for stronger “upstream” initiatives to address the root causes of abortion. Additionally, I explained that we must have stronger public square outreach that engages the undecided and the unaware of the mushy middle of our communities. 

An obvious upstream priority is the recovery of chastity and a strong family life. Turning the tide against the sexual revolution will require much more from individuals, families, churches, and pro-life groups. Instead of surging with the fall of Roe, chastity and family life have remained on the back burner. The movement should never back off in meeting the downstream needs of pregnant women. However, ultimately, we want the demand for pregnancy care services to decline dramatically. At the organization level, the Ruth Institute, led by Jennifer Roback Morse, has been a guiding light for chastity and family life.

Pro-life losses in the vast majority of post-Dobbs statewide ballot measures reveal an urgent need to improve our standing with the broad midrange of our communities. We must go beyond communicating to ourselves and to our staunch opponents. This can include boots on the ground, such as Life Chain, overpass outreach, and pharmacy protests. Signs displayed across East Texas and America can expand further. Billboards are powerful. Yard signs at homes and churches may be even more effective, as they are easily deployed by an “army of one.”

I lead a new national organization named Pro-Life in the Public Square, and we have a national initiative called Yard Signs for Life. We distribute excellent yard signs at a heavily subsidized price of $4 per sign. Following up on the importance of family, we have a sign that features mom, baby, AND dad. We took dozens of our yard signs to Tyler for the celebration. As a result, over 70 yard signs will dot the East Texas landscape, sending a pro-life message to thousands each day.

We encourage you to make your pro-life voice heard with these signs.

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