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House Speaker Mike Johnson promises to defund Planned Parenthood

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House Speaker Mike Johnson promised this week that he will work to defund Planned Parenthood .

Johnson made the pledge during a speech for anti-abortion group Susan B. Anthony Pro-Life America .

Republicans have been trying to defund the national reproductive health organization for decades .

Last month , the administration cut millions in family planning grants to the organization.

Planned Parenthood has nearly 600 health centers around the country, providing abortion and other reproductive health care.