Republican House Speaker Mike Johnson of Louisiana is going to allow federal funding to flow once again to Planned Parenthood after a one-year ban, according to the Washington Examiner.
Pro-life groups are trying to keep the ban on Medicaid funds to the abortion provider when it expires on July 4.
‘Defending the right to life is fundamental and something all Republicans should fight for.’
Johnson passed a two-year ban on funds through the House last year, but it was reduced in reconciliation to one year in order to pass the Senate.
Now it appears that the reconciliation process will kill the ban altogether.
Sen. John Cornyn (R-Texas) responded on social media by calling on Johnson and other Republicans to reconsider the decision.
“I strongly supported defunding Planned Parenthood in the Working
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