Planned Parenthood mystery: Why megabill defunding was shortened to just a year

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Senate Republicans and other key players involved in negotiations over the One Big Beautiful Bill Act have struggled to provide a clear explanation for why the provision defunding Planned Parenthood was limited to just one year.

The last-minute decision to shorten the defunding measure came as a partial disappointment to some anti-abortion advocates, who have long sought to remove federal funding from Planned Parenthood, the nation’s largest abortion provider by far.

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