Overview

• A federal injunction prevents enforcement of Section 71113 of the One Big Beautiful Bill Act pending the Department of Justice’s appeal.
• Judge Indira Talwani ruled that the defunding provision likely constitutes a bill of attainder and violates equal protection by singling out abortion providers.
• Separate lawsuits by Planned Parenthood, a coalition of 22 Democratic attorneys general led by Governor Josh Shapiro, and Maine Family Planning challenge the measure as an unconstitutional stripping of Medicaid reimbursements.
• Republicans used the budget reconciliation process to bypass the Senate’s 60-vote threshold and enact the one-year Medicaid funding ban without a filibuster.
• Opponents warn that upholding the ban could close nearly 200 clinics and deprive over one million Medicaid patients of preventive care services such as cancer screenings, contraception, and STI treatment.