Planned Parenthood, one of the top abortion providers in the country, receives Title X funding. The organization maintains that it does not use Title X funds for abortions but for other areas of care.
The April 2025 press release stated that 16 grantees were denied federal funding. Health policy organization KFF confirmed that number, listed each of the 16 grantees impacted, and said that nine were Planned Parenthood affiliates.
On Jan. 13, Politico published an article reporting that the ACLU had dropped its lawsuit “after HHS quietly released the money in December.” An ACLU press release that same day announced that the lawsuit was “voluntarily dismissed…following the government’s restoration of all Title X family planning grants that were the subject of NFPRHA’s litigation.”
When asked on Jan. 14 about the restoration of the Title X funds, Trump said he had not heard about it.
Politico’s article circulated on social media. “Disappointing,” said Dr. Ed Stetzer, dean of the Talbot School of Theology at Biola University and editor-in-chief of Outreach Magazine.
“Now the Trump admin is funding Planned Parenthood?” said former Congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene, a former Trump ally.
“Why are we still doing this???” asked worship activist Sean Feucht. “Defund Planned Parenthood FOREVER!”
The news about the Title X funding comes a week after Trump troubled pro-lifers by telling House Republicans they needed to be “flexible” on the Hyde Amendment. The Hyde Amendment prohibits the use of federal funds for abortions except in the case of rape, incest, or if the mother’s life is in danger.
House Speaker Mike Johnson, who is a Christian, said, “We are not going to change the standard that we’re not going to use taxpayer funding for abortion. I’m just not going to allow that to happen.”
White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt later said that Trump was not removing his support for the Hyde Amendment.
Dr. Albert Mohler, president of the Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, discussed the president’s comment with Family Research Council President Tony Perkins, saying, “There’s no flexibility.”
“[Abandoning] Hyde” would be “morally abhorrent,” said Mohler, as well as “politically disastrous.”
On Jan. 23, thousands of pro-life advocates will gather in Washington D.C. for the annual March for Life rally.
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Disclosure: Dr. Ed Stetzer is editor-in-chief of Outreach Magazine and provides general editorial input for ChurchLeaders.
