Republican Defunding of Planned Parenthood: Naturalistic Compromise Masquerading as Pro-Life Victory
Catholic News Agency reports (January 14, 2026) on House Republican efforts to permanently defund Planned Parenthood through budget legislation. The Republican Study Committee framework seeks to extend temporary bans on Medicaid reimbursements to abortion providers enacted in the 2025 tax overhaul, which caused 70 Planned Parenthood facility closures. While praised by National Right to Life as protecting “unborn Americans,” the proposal remains trapped in the modernist fallacy that incremental political tinkering can substitute for Christ’s social kingship.