During a terse debate in which abortion backers attacked pro-life lawmakers as wanting to threaten women’s rights and health — yet ignoring the ways in which the Planned Parenthood abortion business has exploited women — the House of Representatives considered an amendment to de-fund the abortion business.

The House did not ultimately take a vote but rolled a vote on the amendment to Friday.

Congressman Mike Pence of Indiana led the way in fighting for the amendment to ensure that none of the federal funds in any program or department would go to the abortion business, which does more than 324,000 abortions annually and receives more than $363 million in federal, state and local taxpayer funds...