Planned Parenthood Action Fund Responds to Biden-Harris Administration’s FY25 Budget 

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Yesterday, the Biden-Harris administration released its proposed budget for fiscal year 2025. The budget reaffirms the administration's commitment to addressing the domestic abortion access crisis and takes crucial steps to support domestic and global family planning family programs. While more funding is urgently needed to fully support sexual and reproductive health care across the country and around the world, this budget is a strong indicator of the administration’s priorities and proposes:

• $390M for Title X, the nation’s only federal family planning funding program dedicated to serving people with low incomes;
• $101M for the Teen Pregnancy Prevention Program;
• a total of $622.5 million for international family planning and reproductive health programs, including the U.S. contribution to UNFPA, the UN’s sexual and reproductive health agency;
• a new program to provide funding and wraparound community supports to prevent new HIV infections through additional access to pre-exposure prophylactics (PrEP) for the uninsured and Medicaid recipients; and
• eliminating funding for the Sexual Risk Abstinence Education program.

In line with past budgets proposed by the Biden-Harris administration, this budget excludes the racist and discriminatory Hyde Amendment, which disproportionately denies abortion coverage to Black, Latino, and Indigenous people, LGBTQ+ people, immigrants, and other communities that already face barriers to health care and economic advancement.

The lack of access to sexual and reproductive health care is a crisis, in the U.S. and in communities around the world. Congress should act swiftly to pass spending bills that do not include the Hyde Amendment, the Helms Amendment, the Weldon Amendment, or any other restriction on abortion access. In addition, this year’s spending bills should permanently end the global gag rule, and make significantly increased investments in programs that protect and expand sexual and reproductive health care and rights for all people.

Statement from Alexis McGill Johnson, president and CEO, Planned Parenthood Action Fund: 

“President Biden’s proposed budget shows the stark contrast between an administration that values the freedom to control our own bodies and a House majority fighting to strip people of that freedom. The budget proposed by the Biden-Harris administration is an encouraging sign of their continued support for sexual and reproductive health care. We welcome the much-needed increases to Title X and international family planning programs, and urge the administration and Congress to fight for more to meet the moment of this public health crisis. With some or all abortions banned in 21 states and escalating attacks on essential services like birth control and IVF, these efforts remain more urgent than ever. 

“We will continue working with the administration and champions in Congress to ensure sexual and reproductive health care services are fully funded. Together we can support the needs of patients, providers, and domestic and global communities during this health care crisis, and beyond.” 

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Planned Parenthood Action Fund is an independent, nonpartisan, not-for-profit membership organization formed as the advocacy and political arm of Planned Parenthood Federation of America. The Action Fund engages in educational, advocacy, and limited electoral activity, including grassroots organizing, legislative advocacy, and voter education.