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Judge blocks defunding of Planned Parenthood
UNITED STATES, JUL 29 – A federal judge ruled the Medicaid funding cuts unconstitutional, protecting over 1 million patients reliant on Planned Parenthood services during ongoing litigation.
- On Monday, U.S. District Judge Indira Talwani blocked the section of President Donald Trump’s 'One Big Beautiful Bill' that targeted Planned Parenthood, preventing suspension of Medicaid funds to its network.
- One Big Beautiful Bill, enacted this month, includes a provision to suspend Medicaid funds to tax-exempt organizations that provide abortions, which Judge Talwani blocked Monday.
- Talwani's ruling found the law may suspend Medicaid funds, risking patient harm; it does not specify the number of clinics or states affected.
- Last week, the downtown Santa Cruz Planned Parenthood office remained closed, and five California offices stayed shuttered since the July 4 Medicaid funds freeze.
- In broader context, nearly half of Planned Parenthood’s patients depend on Medicaid, and Judge Talwani warned that blocking Medicaid funding could lead to nearly 200 clinics closing in 24 states.
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Judge Blocks Trump Admin From Defunding Planned Parenthood
Source: Kevin Hagen / Getty On Monday, a federal judge blocked the Trump administration from withholding Medicaid funds intended to go towards Planned Parenthood. According to the New York Times, Federal District Court Judge Indira Talwani’s ruling indefinitely extends a temporary block she placed on the federal government earlier this month. Planned Parenthood filed a lawsuit against the federal government after a law included in Trump’s Big B…
Maine AG joins lawsuit challenging federal cuts to family planning funds
Planned Parenthood's office on Congress Street in Portland, Maine. (Photo by Lauren McCauley/ Maine Morning Star)Maine Attorney General Aaron Frey has joined 21 other states and the District of Columbia in a federal lawsuit challenging part of Republicans’ tax cut and spending law that blocks funding to Maine’s reproductive health care providers. A provision in the budget reconciliation law bars Medicaid reimbursements for services provided at …
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