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AttemptedAbortion and federal funding

Led legislation (the No Taxpayer Funding for Abortion Act) to establish a permanent, government-wide prohibition on federal taxpayer funding of abortion, making the Hyde Amendment permanent rather than subject to annual renewal.

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AttemptedFact-checker reviewConfidence: 90%

The promise claims Lankford "led" the No Taxpayer Funding for Abortion Act to make the Hyde Amendment permanent. Verified record: S.62 (118th Congress) was prime-sponsored by Sen. Roger Wicker (R-MS), introduced 2023-01-25, and Lankford was one of ~47 COSPONSORS, not the lead. Lankford's own office confirms he "joined Senator Roger Wicker...along with 45 other Senators, to introduce" the bill. BillTrack50 confirms Wicker as prime sponsor (asterisk), Lankford as a cosponsor, and status "Dead 01/03/2025." The bill never received a vote and died at the close of the 118th Congress; the Hyde Amendment was NOT made permanent and remains an annual appropriations rider. The promised OUTCOME was therefore not achieved. He genuinely supported and cosponsored the effort, which failed through normal legislative process (Democratic-controlled Senate, stalled in Finance Committee) — that fits ATTEMPTED. Not CHAMPIONED because the record shows cosponsorship, not authoring/prime-sponsoring; not FULL/PARTIAL because no permanent prohibition was enacted. Two of three cited sources were directly verified with quotes confirmed; the third (GovTrack) was bot-blocked (403) but its substance ("did not receive a vote," not enacted, Wicker introduced) was independently confirmed via web search, and the outcome does not depend on it.

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