In a bill proposed on April 16, several senators are looking to close a loophole that has enabled hundreds of millions of federal dollars to go to Planned Parenthood and other abortion providers.
U.S. Sens. Ted Cruz, R-Texas; Marsh Blackburn, R-Tennessee; Bill Cassidy, R-Louisiana; and others introduced the Title X Abortion Provider Prohibition Act, which would ban Title X family planning grants from going to any group that provides abortion or funds abortion providers.
The bill makes exceptions for Medicaid coverage in cases of rape, incest, or situations that threaten the life of the mother. The prohibition also does not apply to hospitals, as long as the hospitals don’t fund clinics that provide abortions.
“Organizations that perform abortions should not receive any taxpayer dollars,” Cruz said in a statement. “I have long fought to end federal funding for Planned Parenthood and to ensure that Title X family planning grants are not awarded to entities that perform abortions or fund abortion providers.”
EPA to test drinking water for drug used in chemical abortions
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) will test drinking water for misoprostol, a pill used in chemical abortions.
The move to test the water for the drug follows recent efforts by activists and lawmakers to protect the environment from chemical abortion pill drugs, given the increase in their use.
In December 2025, Students for Life of America called on the EPA to add the abortion drug mifepristone to a list of drinking water contaminants tracked by public utilities.
Legislators in several states are introducing bills restricting abortion pills, citing concerns about water contamination. New legislation in Arizona, Idaho, Maine, West Virginia, and Wyoming would require abortion providers to have their patients collect expelled medical waste from at-home abortions.
Chemical abortions now make up 63% of all abortions in the United States, according to 2023 data by the Guttmacher Institute, in a more than 50% increase since 2020.
Poll finds slight decrease in support for abortion legality
A recent poll on abortion found a slight decrease in pro-abortion support.
From 2024 to 2025, the percent of people who say abortion should be legal in most or all cases fell slightly, by two points, according to the recent poll by the Public Religion Research Institute.
The institute surveyed more than 21,000 adults between February and December 2025.
According to the poll, 6 in 10 Americans said abortion should be legal in most or all cases.
The poll also found that Americans who attend religious services with some frequency are more likely to oppose abortion. Of Americans who attend services weekly or more, only 32% supported abortion. Of those who rarely or never attend religious services, 76% supported abortion.
Since 2010, there has been an overall upward trend toward supporting abortion. For instance, the percent of Americans who say abortion should always be illegal has dropped from 15% in 2010 to 8% in 2025, according to the institute’s poll.
CVS denies ‘partnership’ with New York Planned Parenthood
CVS is denying a strategic partnership with Planned Parenthood of Greater New York after the abortion provider referenced a partnership between the two organizations.
Planned Parenthood of Greater New York said it had a “strategic partnership” with CVS for abortion pill access, language that has since been removed from the abortion provider’s website.
CVS said it does not have a formal partnership with Planned Parenthood, though it does fill prescriptions for chemical abortions.
“We don’t have a partnership with Planned Parenthood,” CVS said in a statement to EWTN News. “As we do for all physicians, we dispense medicines as prescribed and consistent with the law.”
Wyoming judge blocks heartbeat law
A judge in Wyoming blocked a “heartbeat” law that protects unborn children throughout most of pregnancy, beginning when their heartbeats are detectable.
In January the state Supreme Court struck down protections for unborn children, finding the laws violated the state constitution.
Natrona County District Judge Dan Forgey granted a temporary restraining order against the law, saying the law would likely be struck down for similar reasons.
Wyoming — the least populated state in the United States with just under 600,000 residents — has one abortion clinic.
Four states have heartbeat laws to protect unborn children when cardiac activity can be detected, usually at about six weeks’ gestation.
