He supports the defunding of Planned Parenthood and shifting its funding to local health clinics to provide valuable women’s health services.
Will support defunding Planned Parenthood and shifting its funding to local health clinics.
Occurrences
Evidence
“I support efforts to shift this $500 million in taxpayer funds to other health providers so women may receive the care they need…”
The bill pages list Perry as a sponsor of amendment No. 82 with Massie: “Prohibits the use of funds made available by this Act to make payments under the (1) Child Care and Development Fund, (2) Temporary Assistance for Needy Families, or (3) the Social Services Block Grant…”
The House passed the Senate amendment to H.R. 7148, the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2026, by a vote of 217 to 214, sending the legislation to the President’s desk.
The bill release highlighted “Maintaining the longstanding Hyde Amendment and ensuring no federal funding can be used for abortion on demand.”
Assessments
The record supports that Perry backed the promise’s position: he publicly endorsed defunding Planned Parenthood and redirecting funds to other health providers, and he has remained active in appropriations-related funding fights. But the provided evidence does not show that he secured enactment of a Planned Parenthood-specific defunding measure or a completed shift of those funds to local health clinics. The FY26 materials cited mention abortion-related restrictions and unrelated funding amendments, not a delivered Planned Parenthood defunding provision attributable to Perry. Because there is evidence of support and some related activity, but not proof of actual fulfillment of the promised outcome, the best judgment is partial rather than delivered.