Ensure funding for women's health providers like Planned Parenthood.

We must protect the hard-fought reforms that ended discrimination against pre-existing conditions and ensure funding for women’s health providers like Planned Parenthood.

Commits to support funding for women's health providers.

Improving Health Care - Donald Norcross
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The House voted on passage of H.R. 3134, the Defund Planned Parenthood Act of 2015. The measure passed 241-187; Donald Norcross, Democrat of New Jersey, voted No.

Norcross voted against a 2015 House bill to cut federal funding for Planned Parenthood, showing concrete effort to preserve funding during his first full House term, though the bill passed the House.

partial same_term A for effort

Office of the Clerk, U.S. House: Roll Call 505, H.R. 3134
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Congress.gov summarizes H.R. 3134 as prohibiting federal funds for Planned Parenthood Federation of America, affiliates, or clinics for one year unless they certify against providing or funding abortions, with exceptions. The bill passed the House but its latest Senate action was placement on the legislative calendar.

The 2015 defunding attempt did not become law, so Planned Parenthood funding was not cut by this bill; Norcross opposed it, but the promise was only defended rather than affirmatively secured.

partial same_term A for effort

Congress.gov: H.R. 3134, Defund Planned Parenthood Act of 2015
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The House voted on passage of H.J.Res. 43, disapproving the HHS Title X rule on project recipients selecting subrecipients. The measure passed 230-188; Donald Norcross voted No.

Norcross opposed a 2017 Congressional Review Act measure that weakened federal protection for Title X family planning providers, but his side lost in the House.

never later_term A for effort

Office of the Clerk, U.S. House: Roll Call 99, H.J.Res. 43
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Congress.gov records H.J.Res. 43 as becoming Public Law 115-23 on April 13, 2017. CRS summarizes that it nullified an HHS rule under which Title X grant recipients could exclude subrecipients only for reasons related to ability to provide family planning services.

Despite Norcross voting no, the 2017 law removed an Obama-era protection for family planning providers, undercutting the promise to ensure funding for providers like Planned Parenthood.

never later_term A for effort

Congress.gov: H.J.Res. 43, Public Law 115-23
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HHS issued a final Title X rule effective November 8, 2021, revoking the 2019 regulations, removing restrictions on nondirective options counseling and abortion referrals, and eliminating strict physical and financial separation requirements.

The Biden HHS restored Title X rules that made participation easier for reproductive health providers, a partial later-term restoration of funding access; this was executive action rather than a Norcross-sponsored legislative enactment.

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Federal Register: Ensuring Access to Equitable, Affordable, Client-Centered, Quality Family Planning Services
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Section 71113 states that no federal direct-spending Medicaid funds may be used for one year to pay a prohibited entity, defined to include certain 501(c)(3) essential community providers primarily engaged in family planning, reproductive health, and related medical care that provide abortions and exceeded $800,000 in FY2023 Medicaid expenditures.

The 2025 reconciliation law imposed a one-year Medicaid payment ban on a category matching major reproductive health providers such as Planned Parenthood, directly contradicting the promise as of July 3, 2026.

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Congress.gov: Public Law 119-21, H.R. 1 Text, Section 71113
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The House voted on the motion to concur in the Senate amendment to H.R. 1, the One Big Beautiful Bill Act. The motion passed 218-214; Donald Norcross voted No.

Norcross voted against the 2025 bill containing the one-year Medicaid funding ban, showing effort to prevent the cut, but the bill passed and became law.

never later_term A for effort

Office of the Clerk, U.S. House: Roll Call 190, H.R. 1
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The report states that after the July 4, 2025 tax-and-spending bill, some Planned Parenthood affiliates said they could no longer accept Medicaid because of the law's defunding provision, while litigation created uncertainty.

Reputable reporting confirms the 2025 federal provision affected Planned Parenthood’s Medicaid reimbursements in practice, supporting a failure assessment despite Norcross voting against the law.

never later_term A for effort

The Guardian: Planned Parenthood offices begin rejecting Medicaid after Trump signs bill to defund healthcare organization
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