Senate faces push to defund Planned Parenthood after House vote

The pressure campaign to defund Planned Parenthood is headed to the Senate as Republicans usher a major tax bill through Congress.

The House moved one step closer to a goal on Thursday that has eluded abortion-rights opponents for years. It passed language in President Donald Trump’s “big, beautiful bill” that blocks Medicaid funding from providers that offer abortions.

The anti-abortion movement has been here before, with both chambers considering and then stripping the language to defund from their marquee pieces of legislation. But House centrists accepted the 10-year ban with mild public pushback, giving activists hope they can similarly get the provision through the Senate...