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Alaska Finally Complies With Federal Law Defunding Planned Parenthood from Medicaid

Calvin Freiburger : Jan 16, 2026  LifeSiteNews.com

The Alaska Health Department confirmed that Planned Parenthood's Medicaid funds had been placed 'on hold effective November 5, 2025,' over a month after the deadline.

(Juneau, AK) — [LifeSiteNews.com] The state of Alaska has finally confirmed compliance with the federal government's disqualification of Planned Parenthood from Medicaid funds, long after it was obliged to do so. (Image: iStock-rarrarorro)

Last July, President Donald Trump signed into law his controversial "One Big Beautiful Bill Act" (BBB), a wide-ranging policy package that includes a one-year ban on federal tax dollars going through Medicaid to entities that commit abortions for reasons other than rape, incest, or supposed threats to the mother's life. The law originally gave a deadline of October 1, 2025, for compliance.

However, the Alaska Watchman reports that the state continued to put Medicaid dollars toward abortion as late as November 5. Alaska Right to Life Director Pat Martin began reaching out to various state leaders, including the office of Republican Gov. Mike Dunleavy, prompting action to be taken.

As a result, Alaska Health Department Communications Director Shirley Sakaye confirmed Planned Parenthood's Medicaid billing had been placed "on hold effective November 5, 2025, for all services," pending a new review of relevant federal requirements, and pre-November 5 payments will be rescinded. The change does not end abortion funding that falls outside the scope of the BBB.

Within weeks of returning to office, Trump began enforcing the Hyde Amendment against direct funding of most abortions, reinstated the Mexico City Policy, which forbids non-governmental organizations from using taxpayer dollars for most abortions abroad, and cut millions in pro-abortion subsidies by freezing US Agency for International Development (USAID) spending... Subscribe for free to Breaking Christian News here

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