Rep Julie Fedorchak, R-N.D., has publicly discussed her work on the Defund Planned Parenthood Act, which was included in the "one big, beautiful bill: signed into law by President Trump July 4. Fedorchak’s act will prevent more than 1.1 million patients from using their Medicaid insurance at Planned Parenthood health centers and puts as many as 200 of those health centers at risk of closure.
It is already the case that federal dollars cannot be used for abortions (except in cases of rape, incest, or risk to a mother's life), but Fedorchak’s act goes even further and will prevent people around the country from using their Medicaid insurance to access Planned Parenthood services such as telehealth sessions for mental health issues, vaccinations for flu, hepatitis B and HPV, menopause and mi