GOP Moderates Opposed to Defunding Planned Parenthood

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GOP Moderates Opposed to Defunding Planned Parenthood

May 7, 2025 at 11:30 am EDT By Taegan Goddard 17 Comments

https://politicalwire.com/2025/05/07/gop-moderates-opposed-to-defunding-planned-parenthood/

“Moderate Republicans will likely be anti-abortion advocates’ biggest hurdle in their mission to ban federal funding from Planned Parenthood in a reconciliation package — and some are already voicing their opposition,” NOTUS reports.

“Reps. Mike Lawler, Brian Fitzpatrick and Jen Kiggans were among the moderate Republicans who made it clear to House GOP leadership that they oppose adding a measure to cut federal funding to Planned Parenthood to a reconciliation bill.”

[Norrrm]

1. Obviously RINOs on this one issue.

[JBTaurus83]

2. Good

if this actuall holds, along with scaling back their plans for Medicaid, the budget might not be quite as bad as one could have expected.

[EnergizedLib]

3. They know their party's in trouble in 2026

They have to save face somehow.

[JustABozoOnThisBus]

4. Fine, they support Planned Parenthood, but ...

... but how will they vote when the leaders start calling?

[Conjuay]

5. Moderate Republicans

There's an oxymoron -
The "jumbo shrimp" of the last quarter century.

[Greybnk48]

6. That's what they say. Watch how they vote. They're impotent MAGAs. n/t

[NoRethugFriends]

7. Trust Fitzpatrick as far as you can throw him.

[Bettie]

8. And yet....somehow

every last one will vote for doing just that.

[CTyankee]

9. My take on it is that their local PP facility helped a woman close to them, either a wife, a daughter OR

maybe, ahem, someone else who turned to PP to help them out of a bad situation. And maybe they are relieved...

[Wounded Bear]

10. For many women, PP is their only source of medical care for women's health issues...nt

[CTyankee]

11. This is true. I used to raise money at the PP of Southern New England here in New Haven.

Besides gyn care, we also saw patients who needed more general health care. It was often cited in my fundraising appeals and with our donors when meeting with them. As you say, without PP they might not get general care critical to their health and well being.