Overview

• Planned Parenthood sued to block a reconciliation bill provision that would ban Medicaid reimbursements for one year at any clinic providing abortions
• U.S. District Judge Indira Talwani granted the temporary restraining order on July 7 and directed HHS to continue disbursing Medicaid funds to Planned Parenthood
• The lawsuit asserts that the funding ban unlawfully singles out the organization and infringes on its equal protection and free association rights
• Under the provision, about 200 Planned Parenthood centers—90 percent located in states where abortion is legal—face potential closure, threatening care for over one million low-income patients
• A July 21 court hearing will determine whether to extend the injunction as the broader constitutional challenge moves forward