(Washington, D.C.): Earlier this week, the Senate passed a late-night reconciliation package excluding a provision to extend federal defunding for abortion providers, despite an attempt led by Sen. Hawley (R-MO) to amend the bill.
Today, Americans United for Life (AUL), joined by Family Policy Alliance, delivered a letter to Speaker Johnson and House GOP leaders, making clear that extending the federal defunding of abortion providers from Medicaid reimbursements must be included in the current reconciliation package, not delayed to later, uncertain legislation.
This follows a first letter sent by AUL CEO John Mize to Speaker Johnson and Majority Leader Thune earlier this month that outlined AUL’s priorities for Reconciliation 2.0.
Bradley N. Kehr, Government Affairs Director for AUL, stated, “Extending defunding in the current reconciliation bill is the only assured path to preventing abortion providers from regaining access to federal taxpayer dollars before the original one-year freeze expires this coming July. Delayed pursuit of defunding in a rumored third reconciliation this fall undermines the historic advances to liberate the American tax dollar from the abortion industry under the One Big Beautiful Bill.”
Sarah Zagorski, Senior Director of Public Relations and Communications for AUL, emphasized, “Lucrative abortion enterprises have harmed and deceived American women and girls for far too long, resourced by federal tax dollars, and put profit above patient. Congressional leadership set the standard of defunding under the first reconciliation and must now follow through by extending federal defunding immediately. If extended long enough, the abortion industry will crumble and no longer be able to harm women and preborn children.”
For more information or to arrange an interview with AUL, contact Gavin Oxley at [email protected] or 202-987-3321.
Since 1971, Americans United for Life (AUL) has advanced the human right to life in culture, law, and policy by equipping advocates and lawmakers with the facts and strategies that change hearts and minds and protect human life. The first national pro-life organization in the country, AUL is a nonprofit, public-interest law and policy organization with a four-star rating from Charity Navigator.
