{"id":331701,"date":"2025-05-22T14:52:30","date_gmt":"2025-05-22T19:52:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.liveaction.org\/news\/?p=331701"},"modified":"2025-05-22T14:56:32","modified_gmt":"2025-05-22T19:56:32","slug":"coalition-leaders-letter-congress-planned-parnethood","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/coalition-leaders-letter-congress-planned-parnethood\/","title":{"rendered":"Coalition of leaders send letter to Senate urging defunding of Planned Parenthood"},"content":{"rendered":"
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On Thursday, the House passed a reconciliation package that includes a provision to end taxpayer funding of Planned Parenthood. Just hours later, a coalition of conservative and pro-life leaders sent a letter<\/a> to the Senate urging senators to pass the legislative package as it heads to the upper chamber. Currently, Planned Parenthood receives nearly $800,000 in taxpayer funding annually.<\/p>\n

KEY TAKEAWAYS:<\/strong><\/h3>\n
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  • Twenty-seven conservative, pro-family, pro-life leaders signed a letter to the Senate, briefly describing several reasons why Planned Parenthood must be defunded of federal taxpayer dollars.<\/li>\n
  • The letter urges senators to keep the provision defunding Planned Parenthood in the current reconciliation bill.<\/li>\n
  • Planned Parenthood is the leading provider of abortions in the U.S., and is now the second<\/em> leading provider of transgender hormones, even prescribing them to minors after no more than a single virtual visit \u2014 as multiple personal testimonies and an undercover investigation have revealed.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

    THE DETAILS:<\/strong><\/h3>\n

    “Today, Planned Parenthood is the <\/span>second leading provider of transgender hormones in the nation,” the letter, signed by <\/span>27 leaders, begins \u2014 leaders including Live Action founder and president Lila Rose; speaker, author, and activist Riley Gaines; detransitioner and activist Chloe Cole; Human Coalition president Jeff Bradford; Ethics and Public Policy Center president Ryan T. Anderson, Ph.D.; Catholic Vote vice president Josh Mercer; Students for Life of America president Kristan Hawkins; Babylon Bee CEO Seth Dillon; and several pro-life activists and obstetrician-gynecologists.<\/p>\n

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    The letter continues:<\/span><\/p>\n

    Live Action\u2019s latest undercover report<\/em><\/a> has revealed a horrific reality: Planned Parenthood facilities across the country are prescribing life-altering cross-sex hormones to minors as young as 16 years old, without requiring therapy, a mental health evaluation, or prior documentation. Known to cause sterilization, stunted growth, and irreversible physical and psychological harm, these experimental drugs are even being dispensed <\/span>virtually<\/b>, often on the same day an appointment is requested.<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n

    Planned Parenthood is also the nation’s largest abortion chain<\/a>, responsible for the killing of over 400,000 preborn babies each year.\u00a0<\/i><\/p>\n