Advancing Life and Liberty Through Action

BREAKING: We Cleared the First Hurdle

May 16, 2025

Our experienced Liberty Counsel Action team on the Hill in D.C. were the first to begin meeting with key members of Congress to get commitments to defund Big Abortion. Our work is bearing fruit.

This week the House Energy and Commerce Committee advanced a federal budget bill that defunds ALL “family planning” clinics as a strategic move to cut off funding for Planned Parenthood and Big Abortion.

This is a huge victory ... but we are a LONG way from the finish line, and Planned Parenthood is doing EVERYTHING it can to stop the bill.

There are still three amendment opportunities, two floor votes, more committees, and at least one reconciliation process ahead — providing multiple options for Planned Parenthood to derail the bill.

Hold Congress accountable to stop paying Planned Parenthood over two million dollars every day to kill babies. Send your urgent faxes now to demand Congress defund Planned Parenthood and Big Abortion.

What happened this week is a significant victory. But first we need to understand what our tax dollars are funding.

Keisha Atkins was just 23 years old and six months pregnant when she visited Southwestern Women’s Options, a late-term abortion clinic that has worked closely with Planned Parenthood affiliates.

Keisha had been told the abortion would be safe.

She died four days later.

The abortion clinic sent her home while labor was induced. Her symptoms worsened, but when she returned, staff delayed emergency care. Her oxygen levels plummeted. Her pulse dropped. Instead of calling 911, the clinic waited hours — and lied to paramedics when they arrived, falsely claiming she had just arrived in respiratory distress.

Keisha died from sepsis caused by a botched abortion.

Taxpayers fund these houses of horror. This is not health care. Our tax dollars should not fund human slaughterhouses.

We cannot allow one more cent to go to organizations that kill babies and sacrifice women for financial gain. In 2023-2024, Planned Parenthood raked in nearly 800 million dollars in taxpayer funds.

Remember that these staggering numbers apply just to Planned Parenthood. Our federal dollars also fund other abortions. THIS EVIL MUST STOP! Urge Congress to defund these Big Abortion providers.

+ + LCA is leading the fight for life on the Hill in D.C. . . .

If you’re wondering how we got this far — it’s because of YOU and the faithful, strategic work of Liberty Counsel Action.

Many policy groups just fly to D.C. a few times a year, have some meetings, take photos, and return home. But Liberty Counsel Action serves full-time in the heart of our Capitol. Our staff has developed relationships on Capitol Hill, some for more than 35 years!

Let me tell you about our team for a moment: Their professionalism, insight, and unwavering moral clarity have earned respect from members of Congress. While other organizations began dividing up legislative contact lists, our team already had face-to-face meetings with the key decision makers — and in many cases, already secured their support.

When you give to Liberty Counsel Action, you become an integral part of our team. Your support helps deploy a team of seasoned advocates who don’t guess at what is happening behind the scenes — we help shape it.

Give today to have the impact of your gift DOUBLED. That means your 25 becomes 50 … your 50 becomes 100 … and your 100 becomes 200, and so on!

But we must act fast. The longer we wait, the more likely Planned Parenthood’s allies in Congress will water down or remove this critical budget provision.

Let’s finish what we started.

Mat Staver, Chairman
John Stemberger, President
Liberty Counsel Action



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