Our tax dollars should never go toward killing God’s babies for heaven’s sake! Here in New Mexico, the governor is using our tax dollars to build abortion factories! So ungodly! Satanic!
Baptist Press
By Diana Chandler, posted May 22, 2025 in ERLC, National News
WASHINGTON (BP) – The U.S. House passed a budget bill early today (May 22, 2025) to defund Planned Parenthood, end transgender interventions and to help Christian nonprofits and families – all of which are Southern Baptist-supported measures this fiscal year.
Ethics & Religious Liberty Commission (“ERLC”) President Brent Leatherwood praised the passage of the Reconciliation Budget Bill in a press release, pointing out that if passed by the U.S. Senate, it would also defund any of Planned Parenthood’s related entities, enact a pro-family child tax credit, enhance the adoption tax credit and benefit Christian nonprofits through a more generous charitable deduction framework.
All of the above-stated measures were included in the ERLC’s 2025 Public Policy Agenda, were promoted by ERLC on Capitol Hill, and were included in the Budget Reconciliation Bill passed by the U.S. House of Representatives.
According to Leatherwood, “It’s good to see Congress still listens. Tens of thousands of Southern Baptists, believers and pro-life Americans joined with us to call for the defunding of Planned Parenthood and the abortion industry. The U.S. House, under the leadership of Speaker Mike Johnson, responded. I am grateful for that. We expect the Senate to do the same.”
The House narrowly passed the bill 215-214 after winning over staunch conservatives who had held out for deeper budget cuts. As reported by Roll Call, the new 1,000-plus page budget would cut federal spending by at least $1.5 trillion over 10 years and raise the nation’s $36.1 trillion borrowing limit by some $4 trillion. The nod to the borrowing increase comes less than a week after the top rating agency Moody’s lowered the U.S. credit rating from Aaa to Aa1. More Here
