Overview

• On Monday, U.S. District Judge Lance Walker rejected Maine Family Planning’s request for a preliminary injunction, keeping its Medicaid reimbursements suspended while the case proceeds.
• Walker wrote that Congress is entitled to withhold federal funds and said resuming payments would undermine the statute, citing limits on judicial intervention after Dobbs.
• Maine Family Planning’s 18 clinics serve about 8,000 low‑income patients and warn they could stop primary care for Medicaid patients by the end of October and possibly close sites.
• The ruling contrasts with a separate federal order last month that temporarily preserves Planned Parenthood’s Medicaid reimbursements, underscoring a split in outcomes as litigation continues.
• The one‑year ban applies to providers primarily engaged in family planning that received more than $800,000 in Medicaid reimbursements in 2023, a threshold that includes Maine Family Planning and Planned Parenthood.