Defund Planned Parenthood.

Ted Budd · North Carolina · Republican

spending impact 0.76 specificity 0.99 extraction confidence 98%

Commitment kind: unknown. Promised action: not established. Promised outcome: not established. Deadline: unknown; not assumed expired.

Occurrences

The candidate commits to cut federal funding for Planned Parenthood.

Issues - Ted Budd for Senate
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Evidence

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Cornyn’s Senate health-care archive says he and other Republicans planned to use a future reconciliation bill to "permanently defund Planned Parenthood"; the page is one of the official records tying Budd to the ongoing defunding push in the 119th Congress.

Unverified model/legacy excerpt; not proof. AI summary (separate from source): Official Senate archive shows Budd-aligned Republicans were still pursuing a Planned Parenthood defunding provision in April 2026, but it was only a stated next-step plan, not enacted law.

unresolved same_term A for effort

Health Care Archives - Senator Cornyn
secondary · model gpt-5.4-mini · confidence 83%

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Congress.gov shows S.203, the Defund Planned Parenthood Act, was introduced in the Senate with Ted Budd named among the senators involved; the bill would prohibit federal funding for Planned Parenthood and its affiliates, but its latest action remains referral to committee.

Unverified model/legacy excerpt; not proof. AI summary (separate from source): Budd backed a direct defunding bill, but the measure did not advance beyond introduction and committee referral, so the promise remained unfulfilled.

unresolved same_term A for effort

S.203 - Defund Planned Parenthood Act
secondary · model gpt-5.4-mini · confidence 98%

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Washington Examiner reported that cutting off federal funding for Planned Parenthood remained a Republican priority despite the lapse of the one-year Medicaid reimbursement ban, with Speaker Johnson saying leaders were looking for legislative vehicles to continue defunding.

Unverified model/legacy excerpt; not proof. AI summary (separate from source): A last-lookback report indicates the 2025 one-year defunding provision had lapsed and Republicans were still searching for a new vehicle, so the promise had not been fully or permanently delivered as of September 9, 2026.

partial same_term

EXCLUSIVE: Mike Johnson says GOP looking for way to defund Planned Parenthood
secondary · model gpt-5.5 · confidence 80%

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Public Law 119-21 was approved July 4, 2025. Section 71113 barred federal Medicaid direct-spending payments to prohibited entities for items and services furnished during the one-year period beginning on enactment.

Unverified model/legacy excerpt; not proof. AI summary (separate from source): The enacted reconciliation law temporarily blocked Medicaid payments to Planned Parenthood-type prohibited entities, materially advancing the pledge but only for one year rather than fully defunding Planned Parenthood across federal funding streams.

partial same_term A for effort

Public Law 119-21 - An act to provide for reconciliation pursuant to title II of H. Con. Res. 14.
secondary · model gpt-5.5 · confidence 90%

Assessments

Public state: unverified As of unknown · legacy_unverified · . Original AI recommendation (not independently established): partial. same_term A for effort

Budd promised to defund Planned Parenthood during his successful 2022 federal Senate campaign. During his Senate term, he backed direct defunding legislation, and Congress enacted Public Law 119-21 in 2025 with a one-year bar on certain Medicaid payments to Planned Parenthood-type entities. That materially advanced the promise while Budd was in office, but it was temporary, limited to Medicaid direct-spending payments, and had lapsed by 2026 while broader or permanent defunding remained unresolved. This supports partial credit rather than full delivery.

provider codex_cli · model gpt-5.5 · confidence 87%

Public state: unverified As of unknown · legacy_unverified · . Original AI recommendation (not independently established): partial. same_term A for effort

Budd did not secure full or permanent defunding of Planned Parenthood: S.203, the direct Defund Planned Parenthood Act that listed him among supporters, remained only introduced and referred to committee. However, during his Senate term he voted for the 2025 reconciliation package that became law and included Section 71113, temporarily blocking federal Medicaid payments to Planned Parenthood-type entities for one year. That materially advanced the promised outcome but fell short of broad, permanent defunding, so partial credit is warranted rather than full delivery.

provider codex_cli · model gpt-5.5 · confidence 86%