--- title: Paul Ryan Says Republicans Will Defund Planned Parenthood description: Republicans will move to defund Planned Parenthood as part of a process to dismantle Obamacare, House Speaker Paul Ryan announced Thursday canonical: https://time.com/4625127/planned-parenthood-defund-paul-ryan-obamacare/ author: Melissa Chan article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2017-01-06T00:32:09.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-03-31T10:34:48.844Z article:section: Politics og:title: Paul Ryan Says GOP Will Defund Planned Parenthood as Part of Obamacare Repeal og:description: Planned Parenthood called it a "crusade" against Americans og:url: https://time.com/4625127/planned-parenthood-defund-paul-ryan-obamacare/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt6c84e00d01fdb22e/6988b4898e0601c9bc468b7a/planned-parenthood-defund.jpg?branch=production&width=1024&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1024 og:image:height: 576 og:image:alt: Participants hold pink Planned Parenthood banner and signs. og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Paul Ryan Says GOP Will Defund Planned Parenthood as Part of Obamacare Repeal twitter:description: Planned Parenthood called it a "crusade" against Americans twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt6c84e00d01fdb22e/6988b4898e0601c9bc468b7a/planned-parenthood-defund.jpg?branch=production&width=1024&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Paul Ryan Says GOP Will Defund Planned Parenthood as Part of Obamacare Repeal > Sponsored content. 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Pacific Press—LightRocket via Getty Images  by [Melissa Chan](https://time.com/author/melissa-chan/)  ## Melissa Chan Jan 6, 2017 12:32 AM UTC Republicans will move to [defund Planned Parenthood](http://www.cnn.com/2017/01/05/politics/paul-ryan-planned-parenthood-obamacare/) as part of a [process to dismantle Obamacare](http://time.com/4621622/obamacare-president-obama-mike-pence-congress/), House Speaker Paul Ryan announced Thursday. Cutting off federal funds to the organization will be included in Congressional Republicans’ “reconciliation” budget bill, which was first introduced Tuesday and essentially prevents Democrats from using a Senate filibuster to protect President Barack Obama’s 2010 health care overhaul, according to [The Hill](http://thehill.com/policy/healthcare/312852-gop-to-defund-planned-parenthood-in-obamacare-repeal). “Planned Parenthood legislation will be in our reconciliation bill,” Ryan said. Ryan said in a separate [statement](http://paulryan.house.gov/news/documentsingle.aspx?DocumentID=398592) that the Affordable Care Act is a “failed law” that is “hurting people right now.” Planned Parenthood called the Republicans’ move a “crusade” against Americans. Dana Singiser, the organization’s vice president for government relations and public policy, said in a [statement](https://www.plannedparenthood.org/about-us/newsroom/press-releases/republican-leaders-begin-crusade-to-create-chaos-in-the-health-care-system-for-millions-of-americans) that 55 million women who now have access to things like birth control would be affected by the change. “Americans across the political spectrum don’t want these dangerous and backward policies. 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