{"id":882,"date":"2026-07-09T04:38:43","date_gmt":"2026-07-09T04:38:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nationallogisticspost.com\/?p=882"},"modified":"2026-07-09T04:38:43","modified_gmt":"2026-07-09T04:38:43","slug":"just-defund-planned-parenthood-already","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nationallogisticspost.com\/?p=882","title":{"rendered":"Just Defund Planned Parenthood Already"},"content":{"rendered":"
\n
\n

I<\/span>t seems a bit counterintuitive. If all the right people are in charge, having been granted what everyone is calling a \u201cpopular mandate,\u201d how hard could it possibly be to cross the finish line? And yet, every time we approach it, we suddenly seem to question whether we should have even started the race in the first place. Do we really want to incur the inevitable blowback that always comes with political change? Is it really worth it? Maybe it\u2019d be just fine to let things be.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Read more A Victory for Women\u2019s Sports: West Virginia v. B. P. J. and Little v. Hecox<\/a><\/p>\n

It\u2019s that kind of political apathy that sent the House on its Independence Day recess <\/span>a bit early<\/span> this year. Sure, they had difficult things to do \u2014 like <\/span>passing the SAVE Act and preventing Planned Parenthood<\/span> from reacquiring federal funding \u2014 but the hamburgers were calling (okay, and maybe Speaker of the House Mike Johnson needed to work on sweetening the deal for a few more Republicans to vote on the SAVE Act).\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Then, July 5 rolled around, and the portion of the Big Beautiful Bill that had effectively defunded Planned Parenthood and two other smaller (but still quite large) abortion providers <\/span>expired<\/span>. Promptly, our taxpayer dollars started flowing into the coffers of the nation\u2019s largest abortion mills.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Planned Parenthood is still the single largest provider of abortions in the United States. According to the organization\u2019s own numbers, it <\/span>provided<\/span> 434,450 abortions in 2025 (up 8 percent from the year before). Given that the <\/span>Guttmacher Institute<\/span> estimated some 1.1 million total abortions in the United States for the same year, Planned Parenthood is responsible for nearly half of the children killed in their mothers\u2019 wombs that year.<\/span><\/p>\n

To be sure, it\u2019s not that taxpayers are <\/span>directly<\/span><\/i> paying for abortions (thanks to the Hyde Amendment). What the Big Beautiful Bill had done was simply prevent these abortion mills from billing Medicaid for non-abortion-related procedures (like mammograms, contraception, and STD screenings), given their murderous activities. Planned Parenthood has been struggling financially for a while and depended on the <\/span>$800 million<\/span> it was receiving from the federal government for those services to stay in business and keep offering abortions.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

All things considered, the last year of defunding the organization was fairly helpful in forcing Planned Parenthood to shut down clinics. The organization <\/span>cited<\/span> the Big Beautiful Bill as the reason it had to close some 30 of its approximately 600 clinics in the last year. According to one spokeswoman, the organization even had to pause abortions for a month in Wisconsin and eventually changed its status (a bit of a loophole) so that it could continue getting reimbursed by the government.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Read more Trump Re-Engages in the Russia-Ukraine War<\/a><\/p>\n

That\u2019s good news, but it\u2019s bittersweet given that Planned Parenthood is back to blithely calling on the federal government to send it our money once again so that it can continue killing a large portion of yet another <\/span>generation of Americans<\/span>.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

So why didn\u2019t we just extend the relevant part of last year\u2019s bill? It comes down to the weak knees that Republicans in office tend to develop in the months leading up to the midterms. The fact is, they\u2019re afraid of losing the upcoming elections (even though everyone knows such an outcome is likely given historical realities), and they don\u2019t want to do anything that might threaten their chances. Permanently defunding Planned Parenthood, as good as it would be for the country, is not something they\u2019re interested in right now.<\/span><\/p>\n

Ironically, as Kelsey Pritchard of SBA Pro-Life America told <\/span>EWTN News<\/span>, renewing the defunding of Planned Parenthood would actually be \u201cthe politically smart thing for Republicans who must energize the base to win in November.\u201d\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

And look, defunding Planned Parenthood and other large abortion providers is merely a small part of the pro-life agenda. It\u2019s a single step (and a small one) toward saving the lives of the innocent unborn children continually being murdered in this country. But if we can\u2019t permanently defund the organization murdering almost half a million babies, how do we expect to pass far more effective legislation to do things like ban mifepristone?\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

READ MORE from Aubrey Harris:<\/strong><\/p>\n

The King Is the Defender of \u2018the Space for Faith.\u2019 Here\u2019s Why That Shouldn\u2019t Surprise Anyone.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Read more Keeping the Faith \u2014 and the Punchlines<\/a><\/p>\n

Socialism Just Had a Shocking Come Back. We Need a Better Response<\/strong><\/p>\n

As America\u2019s 250th Birthday Approaches, Let\u2019s Talk About Patriotism<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

A most wonderful article<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":881,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-882","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-spectator-p-m"],"yoast_head":"\nJust Defund Planned Parenthood Already - National Logistics Post<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/nationallogisticspost.com\/?p=882\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Just Defund Planned Parenthood Already - National Logistics Post\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"A most wonderful article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/nationallogisticspost.com\/?p=882\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"National Logistics Post\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2026-07-09T04:38:43+00:00\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"admin\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"admin\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"4 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/nationallogisticspost.com\\\/?p=882#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/nationallogisticspost.com\\\/?p=882\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"admin\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/nationallogisticspost.com\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/af6e6ad9b3cf5bfe495dc5541ee6a5cc\"},\"headline\":\"Just Defund Planned Parenthood Already\",\"datePublished\":\"2026-07-09T04:38:43+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/nationallogisticspost.com\\\/?p=882\"},\"wordCount\":763,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/nationallogisticspost.com\\\/?p=882#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/nationallogisticspost.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2026\\\/07\\\/e82620fbd3e0d4be1565929bcdc238dc.jpg\",\"articleSection\":[\"Spectator P.M.\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/nationallogisticspost.com\\\/?p=882#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/nationallogisticspost.com\\\/?p=882\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/nationallogisticspost.com\\\/?p=882\",\"name\":\"Just Defund Planned Parenthood Already - National Logistics Post\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/nationallogisticspost.com\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/nationallogisticspost.com\\\/?p=882#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/nationallogisticspost.com\\\/?p=882#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/nationallogisticspost.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2026\\\/07\\\/e82620fbd3e0d4be1565929bcdc238dc.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2026-07-09T04:38:43+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/nationallogisticspost.com\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/af6e6ad9b3cf5bfe495dc5541ee6a5cc\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/nationallogisticspost.com\\\/?p=882#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/nationallogisticspost.com\\\/?p=882\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/nationallogisticspost.com\\\/?p=882#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/nationallogisticspost.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2026\\\/07\\\/e82620fbd3e0d4be1565929bcdc238dc.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/nationallogisticspost.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2026\\\/07\\\/e82620fbd3e0d4be1565929bcdc238dc.jpg\",\"width\":398,\"height\":266},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/nationallogisticspost.com\\\/?p=882#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/nationallogisticspost.com\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Just Defund Planned Parenthood Already\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/nationallogisticspost.com\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/nationallogisticspost.com\\\/\",\"name\":\"National Logistics Post\",\"description\":\"\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/nationallogisticspost.com\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/nationallogisticspost.com\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/af6e6ad9b3cf5bfe495dc5541ee6a5cc\",\"name\":\"admin\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/50b1ad2e498f523425ee0a8cc5180a210646db1622662a3d56cc405d3e0c346a?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/50b1ad2e498f523425ee0a8cc5180a210646db1622662a3d56cc405d3e0c346a?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/50b1ad2e498f523425ee0a8cc5180a210646db1622662a3d56cc405d3e0c346a?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"admin\"},\"sameAs\":[\"http:\\\/\\\/nationallogisticspost.com\"],\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/nationallogisticspost.com\\\/?author=1\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Just Defund Planned Parenthood Already - National Logistics Post","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/nationallogisticspost.com\/?p=882","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Just Defund Planned Parenthood Already - National Logistics Post","og_description":"A most wonderful article","og_url":"https:\/\/nationallogisticspost.com\/?p=882","og_site_name":"National Logistics Post","article_published_time":"2026-07-09T04:38:43+00:00","author":"admin","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"admin","Est. reading time":"4 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/nationallogisticspost.com\/?p=882#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/nationallogisticspost.com\/?p=882"},"author":{"name":"admin","@id":"https:\/\/nationallogisticspost.com\/#\/schema\/person\/af6e6ad9b3cf5bfe495dc5541ee6a5cc"},"headline":"Just Defund Planned Parenthood Already","datePublished":"2026-07-09T04:38:43+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/nationallogisticspost.com\/?p=882"},"wordCount":763,"commentCount":0,"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/nationallogisticspost.com\/?p=882#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/nationallogisticspost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/e82620fbd3e0d4be1565929bcdc238dc.jpg","articleSection":["Spectator P.M."],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/nationallogisticspost.com\/?p=882#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/nationallogisticspost.com\/?p=882","url":"https:\/\/nationallogisticspost.com\/?p=882","name":"Just Defund Planned Parenthood Already - National Logistics Post","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/nationallogisticspost.com\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/nationallogisticspost.com\/?p=882#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/nationallogisticspost.com\/?p=882#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/nationallogisticspost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/e82620fbd3e0d4be1565929bcdc238dc.jpg","datePublished":"2026-07-09T04:38:43+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/nationallogisticspost.com\/#\/schema\/person\/af6e6ad9b3cf5bfe495dc5541ee6a5cc"},"breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/nationallogisticspost.com\/?p=882#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/nationallogisticspost.com\/?p=882"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/nationallogisticspost.com\/?p=882#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/nationallogisticspost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/e82620fbd3e0d4be1565929bcdc238dc.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/nationallogisticspost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/e82620fbd3e0d4be1565929bcdc238dc.jpg","width":398,"height":266},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/nationallogisticspost.com\/?p=882#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/nationallogisticspost.com\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Just Defund Planned Parenthood Already"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/nationallogisticspost.com\/#website","url":"https:\/\/nationallogisticspost.com\/","name":"National Logistics Post","description":"","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/nationallogisticspost.com\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/nationallogisticspost.com\/#\/schema\/person\/af6e6ad9b3cf5bfe495dc5541ee6a5cc","name":"admin","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/50b1ad2e498f523425ee0a8cc5180a210646db1622662a3d56cc405d3e0c346a?s=96&d=mm&r=g","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/50b1ad2e498f523425ee0a8cc5180a210646db1622662a3d56cc405d3e0c346a?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/50b1ad2e498f523425ee0a8cc5180a210646db1622662a3d56cc405d3e0c346a?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"admin"},"sameAs":["http:\/\/nationallogisticspost.com"],"url":"https:\/\/nationallogisticspost.com\/?author=1"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/nationallogisticspost.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/882","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/nationallogisticspost.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/nationallogisticspost.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nationallogisticspost.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nationallogisticspost.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=882"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/nationallogisticspost.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/882\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nationallogisticspost.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/881"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/nationallogisticspost.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=882"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nationallogisticspost.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=882"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nationallogisticspost.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=882"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}