Republicans Discuss Potential 4th Reconciliation Bill to Defund Planned Parenthood

House Speaker Mike Johnson is advancing plans for a potential fourth budget reconciliation package that could block Medicaid reimbursements to Planned Parenthood, after a one-year restriction expired earlier this month and taxpayer funds began flowing again to the nation’s largest abortion business.The temporary ban, enacted in the 2025 One Big Beautiful Bill Act, prohibited Planned Parenthood clinics from receiving federal Medicaid payments.It lapsed around July 4–5, 2026, restoring an estimate