The U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops joined the effort to stop Planned Parenthood from receiving federal funding.

The group’s marriage and pro-life committees wrote a letter to House and Senate lawmakers Thursday, the same day anti-abortion groups gathered in the nation’s capital for a lobbying effort that targets federal Medicaid funding for the abortion provider, Catholic News Agency reported Monday.

The letter also stated that taxpayer dollars should not be spent on transgender procedures that “gravely violate human dignity.”

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