The FFRF Action Fund is condemning the Senate-passed reconciliation bill for advancing key elements of Project 2025’s Christian nationalist agenda and undermining the constitutional principle of the separation of state and church.
As the bill moves back to the House, FFRF Action Fund is urging supporters to help stop it by joining phone banks hosted in partnership with Planned Parenthood Advocates of Wisconsin, and also by contacting your House representative to oppose the bill.
The Senate’s reconciliation bill includes an unprecedented, dollar-for-dollar federal tax credit for private school voucher donations, fully reimbursing donors for up to $1,700 each ($3,400 for married couples)(Sec. 70411). This maneuver is an unprecedented departure from how the tax code treats charitable giving, which typically offers deductions worth 35 percent – 37 percent of the donation.
Unlike the House version, the Senate version removes the $5 billion annual cap, meaning the policy could cost tens of billions of dollars per year in lost taxes, depending on participation and donor outreach efforts. The credit disproportionately benefits the wealthy and shifts public money into private, mostly religious schools, undermining secular public education.
Alarmingly, the bill also includes a provision (Section 71113) that would cut off all federal Medicaid reimbursements to health care providers that offer abortion services, directly targeting Planned Parenthood. Federal funds are already prohibited from covering abortion care, and this cruel measure would go even further by blocking reimbursements for a wide range of essential medical services, including primary care, cancer screenings, contraception, and STI testing. It amounts to a national backdoor abortion ban that would harm thousands of Americans, particularly those living in medically underserved communities. It could potentially shutter an estimated one in four abortion providers, even in pro-choice states.
“This bill remains a direct threat to the separation of state and church and reproductive rights free from religious ideological control,” says Annie Laurie Gaylor, FFRF Action Fund president. “It funnels public money into private religious schools and targets Planned Parenthood for political and religious reasons — denying patients access to essential, life-saving health care. This is not fiscal policy; it’s theocratic policy drawn straight from the Project 2025 playbook.”
Some provisions were dropped from the final Senate version, including a proposed expansion of 529 accounts for homeschooling, a tax break for loosely regulated health care sharing ministries, and a judicial bonding requirement that would have made it harder for courts and organizations like FFRF to hold government officials accountable.
With the GOP holding only a narrow majority in the House, this bill can still be stopped — but only if members of Congress hear from their constituents. FFRF Action Fund is partnering with Planned Parenthood Advocates of Wisconsin to mobilize supporters through virtual phone banks. This is our chance to defend public education, reproductive freedom, and the separation of state and church. If you’ve ever thought about taking action, now is the time. Sign up to make calls and help stop this dangerous legislation. And be sure to contact your U.S. representative here.
The FFRF Action Fund is a 501(c)(4) organization that develops and advocates for legislation, regulations and government programs to preserve the constitutional principle of separation between state and church. It also advocates for the rights and views of nonbelievers, endorses candidates for political office, and publicizes the views of elected officials concerning religious liberty issues.