Judge denies Maine clinics' request on blocked Medicaid funds

Judge Rejects Maine Abortion Clinics's Request to Temporarily Restore Medicaid Funding Amidst Legal Challenge

A federal judge in Portland has ruled against requiring the federal government to temporarily allow Planned Parenthood affiliates to receive Medicaid funding as challenges to a policy approved in the Big Beautiful Bill play out in court. In a 19-page decision, U.S. District Judge Lance Walker explained that the plaintiffs in this case failed to [...] The post Judge Rejects Maine Abortion Clinics’s Request to Temporarily Restore Medicaid Funding …

Judge denies Maine clinics’ request on blocked Medicaid funds

WASHINGTON — A federal judge on Monday denied a request by a Maine family planning provider to block the law that prevents such providers from receiving Medicaid reimbursements for a year if they also offer abortions.

Judge denies Maine clinics' request on blocked Medicaid funds

A federal judge on Monday denied a request by a Maine family planning provider to block the law that prevents such providers from receiving Medicaid reimbursements for a year if they also offer abortions. Maine Family Planning, the largest network of reproductive health services providers in Maine, sued the Trump administration last month over the so-called “One Big Beautiful Bill” law passed by congressional Republicans under the budget reconci…

Judge rules against temporarily restoring funding for Maine clinics that provide abortions

Maine Family Planning, a network of health and family planning clinics that sued after its funding was cut, said that it will have to start turning away primary care patients by the end of October.

Federal judge rules Maine abortion clinic network can lose Medicaid funding - Catholic Review

A federal judge in Maine declined on Aug. 25 to prevent the government from stripping Medicaid funding from a network of abortion providers in Maine, arguing that doing so would circumvent “the will of the people as expressed by Congress.” A provision in the “One Big Beautiful Bill Act,” which President Donald Trump signed into law July 4, would strip funds to health providers who also perform abortions — most notably, particular Planned Parenth…