Definition of defund
: to withdraw funding from
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In a little over a week, the Supreme Court upheld voter purges, effectively defunded unions and upheld the white nationalist Muslim ban.
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But Herbst has spoken about defunding sanctuary cities at a recent GOP debate and Boughton made his reputation as an anti-sanctuary city mayor.
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Under Trump, a mandate under the Affordable Care Act to cover contraceptive coverage has been rolled back, while Republicans in Congress have sought to defund Planned Parenthood and proposed budget cuts to Medicaid, which covers half of all births.
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President Trump also defunded the United Nations Population Fund.
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And an amendment seeking to defund the old jail above police headquarters to force bail reform and address overcrowding failed in committee.
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On Sunday, Senator Elizabeth Warren of Massachusetts flew to the border, and Senator Kamala Harris of California joined the call to defund ICE.
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Federal legislators had attempted to defund the national organization by blocking Planned Parenthood from the Medicaid program under a repeal of the Affordable Care Act.
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Texas is a great example of what happens when family planning clinics are defunded.
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First Known Use of defund
1948
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