Dozens of pro-life groups urge Trump administration to cut all federal funds to Planned Parenthood

Dozens of pro-life and religious organizations are calling on the Trump administration to bar Planned Parenthood from receiving federal funds, arguing that allegations of fraud and other misconduct warrant a government-wide review of the abortion giant’s eligibility for taxpayer money.

In a Sept. 9 letter, the coalition of 39 organizations, including CatholicVote, argued that Planned Parenthood has “allegedly defrauded taxpayers, violated federal laws, and abused public trust,” showing a “pressing need for a first-ever, complete federal investigation into the nation’s leading abortion vendor.”

Led by Students for Life of America President Kristan Hawkins, the letter is addressed to Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent, Attorney General Todd Blanche, Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., and Small Business Administration (SBA) Administrator Kelly Loeffler.

The groups are pressing the administration to complete and expand an SBA review launched in January into whether Planned Parenthood affiliates improperly received tens of millions of dollars in COVID-19 Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) loans despite allegedly being ineligible for the program.

If officials determine wrongdoing occurred, the groups are asking the administration to debar Planned Parenthood from doing business with any federal agency or program for up to three years, according to the letter. Unlike congressional defunding measures, debarment does not require new legislation.

Students for Life Action Vice President of Media and Policy Kristi Hamrick told Fox News, the first media outlet to report on the letter, that such a step would make Planned Parenthood “persona non grata for every federal agency,” which the group argues could affect funding through programs, including Medicaid and Title X family planning funds.

“This is about whether or not Planned Parenthood is a qualified vendor and whether or not we need to stay in business with them,” Hamrick told the outlet. “And we would argue that it's time for them to be fired for the failure to offer the very thing they claim to sell.”

The letter argues that federal agencies have previously used suspension and debarment against entities accused of misconduct and says such reviews are “not uncommon,” pointing in particular to the SBA’s recent suspension of nearly 7,000 Minnesota borrowers over suspected pandemic-loan fraud.

Loeffler announced in January that the SBA was reviewing 38 Planned Parenthood affiliates that collectively received more than $88 million in PPP loans. The pandemic-era program was designed to support small entities, and applicants had to certify that they met eligibility requirements, including applicable size and affiliation rules, according to the SBA. 

“Planned Parenthood Federation of America was never eligible to receive a dime in pandemic-era relief from taxpayers,” Loeffler said in a January press release. “As part of the review underway, not only will we expose the Planned Parenthood affiliates who took advantage of the American people – we will take every necessary step to force every bad actor to pay them back.”

Planned Parenthood argued in a press release at the time that the investigation was part of what it called “politically motivated intimidation” by the Trump administration aimed at trying to “shut down Planned Parenthood health centers and make it harder for people to get high-quality health care from their trusted Planned Parenthood provider.” 

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The letter also cited allegations involving the trafficking of fetal tissue, Medicaid fraud, violations of health and safety standards, failures to report suspected sex crimes, and racial discrimination within Planned Parenthood and some of its affiliates.

“These allegations demand an investigation,” the groups wrote.

Planned Parenthood is “long overdue for the examination of an organization that has received more than $10.35 billion in taxpayer dollars, according to a 2022 report,” the letter stated. 

In its latest annual report, Planned Parenthood aborted 434,450 unborn babies and received $832 million in government health services reimbursements and grants in 2024-2025, as Zeale News reported in April when the report was released.

“In light of so many serious allegations against Planned Parenthood, we ask that a debarment investigation of Planned Parenthood be prioritized to debar and delist them, stripping them of qualified vendor status and making them ineligible for any federal taxpayer support,” the coalition concluded.

Other signatories included Susan B. Anthony Pro-Life America, National Right to Life, Family Research Council, Concerned Women for America, Americans United for Life, the American Association of Pro-Life Obstetricians and Gynecologists, Family Policy Alliance, and the National Association of Christian Lawmakers.