The Trump administration’s decision to send tax dollars to the abortion industry by continuing former President Joe Biden’s Title X grant awards to Planned Parenthood has encountered pushback from the pro-life crowd, who state that taxpayers should not be made to fund the termination of unborn children.
President of pro-life organization Susan B. Anthony Pro-Life America Marjorie Dannenfelser told The Center Square that “the Trump-Vance administration must correct course by at a bare minimum reinstating the Protect Life Rule.”
Dannenfelser said the Protect Life Rule is “a proven policy from the first Trump administration that barred Title X funds from organizations performing abortions.”
“It is unacceptable that the process still hasn’t even begun fourteen months into the term,” Dannenfelser said.
“Taxpayer dollars should never fund Planned Parenthood because its primary business is ending the lives of innocent unborn children through hundreds of thousands of abortions each year,” Dannenfelser said.
Dannenfelser said the Trump administration’s decision “comes on the heels of the administration undermining GOP states by allowing the shipping of abortion drugs into their borders, violating their laws.”
“It has even gone so far as to side with the abortion industry against red states in cases brought by GOP attorneys general,” Dannenfelser said.
“And it comes after the president suggesting the GOP should be ‘flexible’ on the Hyde Amendment,” Dannenfelser said, adding that “this spells disaster for November.”
“Three out of four GOP primary voters support defunding Planned Parenthood, with one-third saying they would be less enthusiastic about voting if Republican leaders abandon pro-life principles,” Dannenfelser said. “This is not a fringe view, but a core demand from the party’s base.”
Dannenfelser told The Center Square that “SBA Pro-Life America’s field team is on the ground daily in battleground states motivating voters who are most likely to stay home if they feel betrayed,” and that action to continue funding Planned Parenthood “undermines that critical work.”
“The pro-life movement helped deliver the election victory, and the administration has both the mandate and the tools to deliver its commitments,” Dannenfelser said. “Enough is enough.”
As SBA Pro-Life America stated in a news release, the Trump-Vance administration “decided not to cancel Biden’s Title X grant awards to Planned Parenthood, the nation’s largest abortion business.”
“After initially pausing funds that were awarded under President Biden, the administration unfroze the grants in January and will now extend them one more year,” SBA said.
SBA has expressed disappointment in some of the president’s recent abortion stances.
For instance, at the beginning of 2026, Trump said Republicans may have to be “flexible” on the Hyde Amendment, The Center Square reported – the Hyde Amendment being a rule which protects unborn lives and prevents taxpayers from being forced to fund abortions.
