Due to a key vote by U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski, the one-year ban on federal funding for Planned Parenthood expired on July 4, meaning the abortion giant can resume consuming hundreds of millions in taxpayer dollars through Medicaid reimbursements for non-abortion-related services. Without this funding, the entity has struggled to keep its nationwide network of abortion clinics operational.
While Murkowski continues to identify as a Republican, she has long supported federal funding for Planned Parenthood and regularly joins Democrats in efforts to ensure the abortion business benefits from taxpayer dollars.
Last year, pro-life advocates celebrated when the Republican-controlled Congress narrowly approved the Medicaid funding ban in the One Big Beautiful Bill. While the original aim was to exclude the abortion behemoth from Medicaid reimbursements for the next decade, one year is all GOP lawmakers could pass.
At that time, Murkowski cast the deciding vote to pass the budget bill that included the 12-month funding ban. Before the vote, however, she sided with Democrats in an attempt to keep the funding spigot flowing for the abortion company. When that effort failed, Murkowski ultimately agreed to vote with her GOP colleagues in favor of the overall spending package.
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This past April, though, Murkowski was actively opposed and voted against an attempt by Sen. Josh Hawley (R-MO) to extend the Planned Parenthood Medicaid funding ban to 2035. Murkowski joined fellow left-leaning GOP Senator Susan Collins (R-ME), and all Senate Democrats present to vote against the Hawley amendment, which was defeated in a narrow 50-48 vote.
Pro-life activists are now urging lawmakers to resume the battle to extend Planned Parenthood’s Medicaid funding ban, noting that failure to do so will result in the company standing to gain more than $600 million in taxpayer dollars this fiscal year.
One option would be to include the ban in the next reconciliation bill, which would primarily focus on defense spending, but also many other smaller programs.
Planned Parenthood killed a record 434,450 unborn babies through abortions last year, according to its latest report.
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16 Comments
Wake up Alaskans, we have to vote this evil person, Lisa out of office. First we need to vote Yes on 2 to get rid of RCV.
If not, Lisa will cheat the system again to win. In her next election which is two years from now.
That’s way too long knowing that Lisa, will still be in Washington DC, especially for Trumps last two years in office as our President.
Look man, I can only vote so hard! It seems that no matter how much I vote or in which direction I vote, I still get taxes stolen from my pay check and gas continues to go up in prices which drives up the price of everything else!
Maybe if I just stop voting, all the problems that get voted in will go away! Or maybe if I just go for the Long Sleep, the nightmare called Life will end and I won’t have to deal with anymore taxes or politics ever again!!!
Here Here !! YES, we most certainly need to advocate and inform voters. She has done enough damage. Im so SICK of the Murkowski Dynasty that has been on going for DECADES. Enough….
Drag Queens belong in bars or a Thesoian club, , Boys belong in Boys Sports. Girls belong in Girls. I was shocked to learn how adamently she supports both. Grotesque. Not to mention her “on going g relation
ship with Shipping Tycoons and the start-up of all these companies banking our State with Dark Dark Money…..This is particular concerning as Ghilslene Maxwell is married to the owner/CEO of this shipping magnet. All their start-up programs “Sound” good. Wolves in sheep’s clothing practicing and inviting Everyine WE DONT NEED UP HERE. WAKE UP ALASKANS !!
END THIS DYNASTY
There is an expression “kick the bum out!!” Lisa is one of many a bums in the Senate that we need to kick out.
Murkowski identifying as a Republican is like Dylan Mulvaney identifying as a woman!
Thank you for noting that the funding is for NON-abortion-related services. Planned Parenthood offers a wide variety of healthcare services, including pregnancy screening, mammograms, STD testing and treatment, contraception, and menopause treatment.
Come on Paul, you and everyone else knows their primary purpose is aborting (the killing of the unborn) human life. We don’t need you sugar coating the evil that both Lisa and Planned Parenthood stand for.
Thank you for not noting that the funding is also for NON-abortion-related services. We can get those services elsewhere but the main thing us sane people are against is the abortion services that Planned Parenthood offers. Who would want to pay for the murder of a human being that has a totally fine heartbeat!
I know we can’t recall are state representatives to the federal government, but I think it is time that we be able to.
Murkowski, is an enemy of the State! Start a re-call now! She won’t save or support the American vote, but she supports murdering babies. What a prize!!
Ive had it with Lisa Murkowski and her democrats! This has to stop. The Republican party needs to call an emergency vote to oust her and force her to change her R to a D and let tge democrats put up with her and her kool-aid drinking friends(Mit Roney, Susan Collins, Nancy Pelosi, you kniw all the worthless people in D.C.)
I’m calling for her immediately being removed from office! Enough is enough!
Yes on 2 [no RCV] and Dunlevy for U.S. Sen..
This is one big reason why we are missing people in the workforce. We’re killing them off before they can even come out of the womb
Murkowski’s one and all are huge stains on the State of Ak! Frank was as corrupt as the Daughter!
Corruption begets corruption. Shame on Lisa’s daddy to place her on the gravy train and saddle us, the people of Alaska with his and his wife’s defective prodigy!
Such Abortions are logically
UnConstitutional on the national level and such murder gruesome insult to any rational People… as in WeThePeople. Need I say More? OK, consider as to the further gruesome fact that they might be selling baby organs. Investigate them and stop them cold in their tracks!!