Overview

• U.S. District Judge Indira Talwani issued a 14-day temporary restraining order blocking enforcement of the defunding measure against Planned Parenthood health centers
• The One Big Beautiful Bill Act provision bars Medicaid reimbursements for one year to any clinic offering abortions that received over $800,000 in federal funds in 2023
• Planned Parenthood contends the clause unconstitutionally singles out its network and warns that up to 200 clinics and more than one million Medicaid patients could lose essential care
• The Justice Department must file its response by July 14 as both sides prepare for arguments on whether to extend the injunction on July 21
• The lawsuit reflects a broader Republican effort to use the reconciliation process to expand abortion-related funding restrictions beyond the Hyde Amendment