Senate Democrats Block Vote to Defund Planned Parenthood

Every single Senate Democrat voted to block a vote on a measure to defund the Planned Parenthood abortion business.Sen. Josh Hawley, a Missouri Republican, filed an amendment to the Senate budget resolution to extend the prohibition on federal payments to abortion companies, including Planned Parenthood.The amendment would extend the one-year ban on Medicaid payments to such abortion businesses enacted in the One Big Beautiful Bill Act signed by President Donald Trump on July 4, 2025. The ban is