In one of the most heartbreaking moments of 2017 for the pro-life movement, last summer, Congress came within a single vote of what would have been a historic pro-life victory: stripping abortion giant Planned Parenthood of taxpayer funding that ought to go to comprehensive healthcare alternatives instead.

The reconciliation bill had already passed in the House of Representatives. Senate leadership was fully on board. We also had the support of the president, who made redirecting tax dollars away from Planned Parenthood one of his key commitments to pro-life voters. If any one of the three Republican senators who voted against the bill had voted differently, this promise would have been fulfilled.