Planned Parenthood Federation of America can receive hundreds of millions of dollars in Medicaid funding after a ban on Medicaid funding to the organization and similar groups expired without congressional action.
The One Big Beautiful Bill Act, passed by Republicans and signed by President Donald Trump on July 4, 2025, included a one-year prohibition on Medicaid payments to nonprofits that provide abortions and took in more than $800,000 in such payments in fiscal year 2023.
The ban was initially blocked by the courts, but an appeals court restored it in late 2025.
Members of Congress had been working to try to extend the ban, but failed to reach an agreement by the time it expired, enabling Planned Parenthood and its clinics to access Medicaid funds again.
“On America’s 250th birthday, Congress had the chance to honor the founding promise that every human being has a God-given right to life,” Lila Rose, founder and president of the pro-life group Live Action, said in a statement. “Instead, by failing to extend the defunding of Planned Parenthood, lawmakers have allowed taxpayer dollars to flow back to the largest abortion chain in the nation. This is a moral failure and an urgent betrayal of preborn children, women, and American taxpayers.”
She and other conservatives, such as Marjorie Dannenfelser, president of Susan B. Anthony Pro-Life America, urged Congress to act to reimpose the ban.
Planned Parenthood said in a report released July 1 that the defunding led to the closure of nearly 30 health centers and a negative impact on other clinics.
Planned Parenthood said that more problems would have arisen were it not for 14 states providing more than $400 million in emergency funding to cover services for people who use Medicaid.
“By deliberately targeting Planned Parenthood, President Trump and his allies in Congress worsened a public health crisis, making it harder for people to get the essential and lifesaving care they needed at their trusted provider,” Alexis McGill Johnson, president and CEO of Planned Parenthood Federation of America and Planned Parenthood Action Fund, said in a statement.
She said that the group is “in a fight for survival—not just for Planned Parenthood health centers, but for everyone to get high-quality, affordable health care from their trusted provider,” and that Planned Parenthood “will never stop fighting to ensure everyone can get the care they need.”
Republican lawmakers have not appeared to comment on the expiration of the ban.
Rep. Brittany Petterson (D-Colo.) said the expiration was good news.
“While Colorado used state funds to keep clinics open, restoring this funding means resources can finally flow back to the Coloradans who need them,” Pettersen said in a July 3 post on X.