{"id":331742,"date":"2025-05-22T15:43:10","date_gmt":"2025-05-22T20:43:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.liveaction.org\/news\/?p=331742"},"modified":"2025-05-22T15:52:07","modified_gmt":"2025-05-22T20:52:07","slug":"press-secretary-implies-trump-defund-planned-parenthood","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/press-secretary-implies-trump-defund-planned-parenthood\/","title":{"rendered":"Press secretary implies President Trump supports defunding Planned Parenthood"},"content":{"rendered":"
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During a White House Press Briefing<\/a> on Thursday, press secretary Karoline Leavitt appeared to confirm that President Trump supports removing taxpayer dollars from “any institution,” including Planned Parenthood, that is providing ‘gender-affirming care’ to minors.<\/p>\n

KEY TAKEAWAYS:<\/strong><\/h3>\n
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  • While Leavitt did not directly state that President Trump supported “defunding Planned Parenthood,” she stated that he is committed to disallow tax dollars from funding any groups involved with offering ‘gender-affirming care’ to minors.<\/li>\n
  • Planned Parenthood is one of the leading providers of ‘gender-affirming care,’ even to minors, as a recent Live Action investigation confirmed.<\/li>\n
  • Planned Parenthood not only offers these ‘services’ to minors, but also expressed a desire to expand them among this age group.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

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

    Daily Wire journalist and White House correspondent Mary Margaret Olohan asked Leavitt about the reconciliation bill, passed<\/a> Thursday by the U.S. House and now in the Senate, where it could undergo changes:<\/p>\n

    On the ‘Big, Beautiful Bill,’ I know that there’s a provision that the House included that defunds Planned Parenthood \u2014 not only because of the fact that it’s the nation’s largest abortion provider, but also because it’s, I think, the biggest distributor of transgender hormones right now, even to minors, according to Live Action. So, is the president committed to making sure that provision stays in in the Senate?<\/em><\/p>\n

    “The president has maintained a very clear commitment to ensuring that this administration and the American people’s tax dollars are not funding any institution, that includes hospital systems, that are funding the chemical castration and mutilation of children,” replied Leavitt. “We’re not going to tolerate taxpayer dollars going to such efforts.”<\/p>\n

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    WATCH \ud83c\udfa5@MaryMargOlohan<\/a> asks if President Trump is committed to making sure the provision to defund Planned Parenthood remains in the Senate version of the reconciliation bill.<\/p>\n

    “The president has maintained a very clear commitment to ensuring that…the American people’s tax\u2026 pic.twitter.com\/qdaaG5t5Mk<\/a><\/p>\n

    \u2014 Live Action News (@LiveActionNews) May 22, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n