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Judge Temporarily Blocks Medicaid Defunding of Planned Parenthood in Trump’s Reconciliation Law

A federal judge granted a 14-day restraining order following Planned Parenthood’s lawsuit challenging the law’s one-year ban on Medicaid reimbursements for clinics that provide elective abortions.

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President Donald Trump bangs a gavel presented to him by House Speaker Mike Johnson of La., after he signed his signature bill of tax breaks and spending cuts at the White House, Friday, July 4, 2025, in Washington.
Activists opposing funding for Planned Parenthood demonstrate in front of the Supreme Court on April 2.

Overview

  • Planned Parenthood filed a constitutional challenge on July 7 in U.S. District Court in Massachusetts against the one-year Medicaid defunding provision targeting its nearly 600 clinics.
  • Judge Indira Talwani issued a temporary restraining order barring enforcement of the funding cutoff for two weeks and scheduled a July 21 hearing on a potential longer injunction.
  • Republicans used the budget reconciliation process to bypass a Senate filibuster, with parliamentarian Elizabeth MacDonough reducing an original ten-year funding moratorium to a one-year ban.
  • Planned Parenthood warns that the ban could force closure of nearly 200 clinics in 24 states and cut off services for over one million Medicaid patients relying on contraception, cancer screenings and STI testing.
  • Anti-abortion groups praise the provision as the biggest federal abortion funding restriction since the Hyde Amendment, while reproductive rights advocates say the court order offers crucial relief for low-income patients.