A new report warns that a significant number of Christian colleges are maintaining ties to the abortion industry despite publicly affirming Christ-centered missions.
According to a report by The Daily Wire, the study found that “more than 1 in 7 Christian colleges directly violated their professed faith in the 2024–2025 school year by maintaining a relationship with Planned Parenthood or the abortion industry,” calling the trend a rejection of “the most basic Christian value: the dignity of life.”
The study was conducted by Students for Life of America’s Demetree Institute for Pro-Life Advancement and examined only schools “directly affiliated with a Christ-centered denomination — schools that publicly affirmed faith in their mission statement.” The report found that the violations were not minor, noting that “more than one-fourth of the offending schools were Christian schools that referred students to Planned Parenthood as a ‘health resource.’”
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The findings raise concerns beyond ideology, as referrals to Planned Parenthood were described as harmful to both student health and spiritual integrity. “For Christian schools, such referrals don’t just pose a threat to student health; they’re a direct betrayal of the faith they proclaim,” the report stated.
The study also documented a sharp rise in abortion support among Christian colleges, reporting a 19.82% overall increase since the 2022 reversal of Roe v. Wade and a 38.63% increase since 2024. Researchers said the problem spans denominations, finding that even after excluding denominations that openly affirm abortion, “over half the remaining denominations … had at least one school with ties to abortion.”
Despite the findings, the report highlighted measurable progress.
During the 2024–2025 school year, “a full 50 ties between Christian schools and Planned Parenthood were severed,” and following outreach in July 2025, “four schools cut all ties to the abortion industry, and another four removed some.”
The report concluded that pressure from students, parents, alumni and donors can force institutions to “cut ties with the abortion industry or to stop falsely claiming the name of Christ.”
James Lasher, a seasoned writer and editor at Charisma Media, combines faith and storytelling with a background in journalism from Otterbein University and ministry experience in Guatemala and the LA Dream Center. A Marine Corps and Air Force veteran, he is the author of The Revelation of Jesus: A Common Man’s Commentary and a contributor to Charisma magazine.
