By Cassy Cooke, Live Action News, Jan 2, 2026
If 2025 proved one thing, it’s that the pro-life movement is not slowing down. And Live Action continues to lead where culture, truth, and accountability meet.
Here are some of the biggest victories the pro-life movement celebrated in 2025.
Defunding Big Abortion of an estimated $700 million
This summer, the reconciliation bill known as the “Big Beautiful Bill” passed Congress and was subsequently signed by President Trump on July 4. The bill included a provision to temporarily defund Planned Parenthood and other abortion businesses of about $700 million in Medicaid funding for one year, unless they stop committing elective induced abortions.
Despite multiple efforts by judges to block the defunding, the provision of the bill has been allowed to stand as lawsuits from the abortion industry, including Planned Parenthood, proceed.
While a historic victory, the defunding is only temporary; taxpayer funding of abortion businesses will resume this summer, meaning the pro-life movement must keep the pressure on both Congress and the Trump administration to fully defund Planned Parenthood. …