(LifeSiteNews) – Seven left-wing states so far have pledged to increase taxpayer funding for the abortion industry to fully make up for its loss of federal funding under the Trump administration, with New York the latest to make the pledge.
The New York Times reports that this week, New York announced plans to give $35 million to Planned Parenthood to cover existing costs that would normally have been billed to Medicaid and extend coverage into 2026. California also announced this week an additional $140 million to Planned Parenthood.
“I’m not going to stand here and let women across our state suffer,” Hochul declared, calling it a “continuation of, in my mind, the march for women’s rights started back in 1848.”
Washington, Hawaii, New Mexico, Colorado, Massachusetts, New Jersey, and New York have committed to “fully” covering Planned Parenthood’s lost funding. California’s contribution, while substantial, only partially covers their state’s facilities, presumably due to the state’s ongoing fiscal struggles.
The moves are meant to compensate for President Donald Trump’s July signing of his so-called “One Big Beautiful Bill Act” (BBB), a wide-ranging tax and spending package that contains a one-year ban on federal tax dollars going through Medicaid to entities that commit abortions for reasons other than rape, incest, or supposed threats to the mother’s life.
The Times reports that some 200 Planned Parenthood locations nationwide stand at risk of closure as a result.
Without Roe v. Wade to ensure abortion’s legality, the abortion industry relies heavily on taxpayer funding to stay in operation. Last year, Planned Parenthood’s most recent annual report revealed that its affiliates across the nation took in $699.3 million in government “health services” reimbursements and grants, accounting for 39% of its total revenue during that period. At the same time, the abortion chain committed 392,715 abortions – yet its non-abortion procedures, such as pap tests and cancer screenings, continued to decline as percentages of its overall business.
Within weeks of returning to office, Trump began enforcing the Hyde amendment against direct funding of most abortions, reinstated the Mexico City Policy which forbids non-governmental organizations from using taxpayer dollars for most abortions abroad, and cut millions in pro-abortion subsidies by freezing U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) spending.
In March, the Trump administration froze Title X “family planning” grants to nonprofits it said violated its executive orders on immigration and diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) initiatives, including Planned Parenthood affiliates in nine states.
Other Republicans have proposed standalone measures to fully cut off Planned Parenthood’s government funding: the No Taxpayer Funding for Abortion and Abortion Insurance Full Disclosure Act, which permanently bans federal funds from being used for abortion; and the Defund Planned Parenthood Act, which disqualifies Planned Parenthood and its affiliates specifically. But they would require 60 votes to make it through the Senate.
