Sponsor and advocate for the Defund Planned Parenthood Act to end federal funding for Planned Parenthood and similar organizations that perform abortions.

U.S. Senator Rand Paul (R-KY) released the following statement honoring the event and reintroduced his Defund Planned Parenthood Act ... The Defund Planned Parenthood Act would ensure federal tax dollars aren’t going to organizations, like Planned Parenthood, to perform abortions.

Rand Paul committed to advancing the Defund Planned Parenthood Act, which would prohibit federal tax dollars from going to organizations such as Planned Parenthood that perform abortions.

Dr. Rand Paul Honors 2025 March for Life, Reintroduces Defund Planned Parenthood Act - Senator Rand Paul
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I will continue to bring this legislation up for a vote as opportunities on the Senate floor arise.

Paul commits to continuing to advance legislation that would defund Planned Parenthood whenever Senate floor opportunities arise.

Life - Rand Paul For US Senate
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Sponsor: Sen. Paul, Rand [R-KY] (Introduced 07/24/2015). Summary: This bill prohibits federal funding of Planned Parenthood Federation of America or its affiliates.

Official bill record shows Rand Paul sponsored and introduced the Defund Planned Parenthood bill in 2015.

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S.1861 - A bill to prohibit Federal funding of Planned Parenthood Federation of America. 114th Congress (2015-2016)
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U.S. Senator Rand Paul today introduced legislation, S.1861, which would eliminate nearly $500 million of taxpayer funding each year to Planned Parenthood. "...Not one more taxpayer dollar should go to Planned Parenthood and I intend to make that goal a reality," Sen. Paul said.

Paul publicly advocated for the bill and explicitly stated the goal of ending taxpayer funding for Planned Parenthood.

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Dr. Rand Paul Introduces Bill to End Taxpayer Funding of Planned Parenthood
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Sen. Paul delivered remarks on the Senate floor urging his colleagues to support S.1881. The release states he had repeatedly asked the Senate to hold a vote on the measures. "A vote to take up the legislation required 60 votes for passage and failed, 53-46."

Paul actively advocated for Senate action on a related Defund Planned Parenthood bill, but the motion failed to advance.

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Sen. Rand Paul Urges Support for Bill to Defund Planned Parenthood
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The question was whether debate on the motion to proceed to S. 1881, a bill to prohibit Federal funding of Planned Parenthood Federation of America, would be brought to a close. The yeas and nays resulted--yeas 53, nays 46. The presiding officer stated, "the motion is rejected."

The Senate record confirms the effort to advance the bill failed to reach cloture and did not proceed.

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Congressional Record: Motion to proceed to S. 1881 failed, 53-46
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