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Definition of defund
transitive verb
: to withdraw funding from
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Today—as the Trump administration defunds Planned Parenthood, states chip away at abortion access and the U.S. Supreme Court tilts conservative—this legacy feels imperiled.
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The bill, released Thursday, would defund Planned Parenthood for one year.
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WASHINGTON — Alaska Sen. Lisa Murkowski and Sen. Susan Collins of Maine plan to introduce an amendment to strip the Senate health care bill of a provision to defund Planned Parenthood, Murkowski's office confirmed Wednesday.
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The legislation would also make numerous other changes to the current law, defunding Planned Parenthood for one year, repealing certain cost-sharing subsidies and eliminating taxes on medical devices and prescription drugs.
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The parliamentarian allowed identical language defunding Planned Parenthood to remain in a similar budget bill in 2015.
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Young initially backed an effort by Republicans to use a deadline for funding the government to force Obama to agree to delay or defund the Affordable Care Act.
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Last month, Trump issued a budget proposal almost entirely defunding it.
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The opinion held that Abbott could defund budget riders — directives to state agencies that are included in the budget but do not actually make any appropriations.
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First Known Use of defund
1948
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