Overview

• The Senate-approved spending bill would impose a one-year ban on Medicaid reimbursements for nonprofit health centers that provided abortions and received over $800,000 in federal funding in 2023
• Planned Parenthood warns the cut would cost it $700 million and trigger the closure of nearly 200 clinics
• The Supreme Court’s June 26 ruling in Medina v. Planned Parenthood South Atlantic affirmed states’ authority to exclude abortion providers from Medicaid
• More than 90 percent of at-risk clinics are in states where abortion remains legal and 60 percent serve medically underserved communities, imperiling care for over 1.1 million low-income patients
• The organization has filed notice of intent to sue while affiliates from Maine to California weigh service reductions, operational shifts and litigation strategies to mitigate losses