Overview

• On July 23, U.S. District Judge Indira Talwani’s partial preliminary injunction bars enforcement of Section 71113 against affiliates that either cannot provide abortions under state law or received under $800,000 in Medicaid reimbursements in 2023.
• California Planned Parenthood centers, which exceed the funding threshold and operate in abortion-legal jurisdictions, lost roughly $300 million in Medicaid payments under the new court order.
• Talwani found that Planned Parenthood is likely to succeed on its First Amendment claim, ruling that conditioning nonabortion funding on organizational affiliation with abortion services is unconstitutional.
• The Trump administration and Justice Department have filed notice of appeal to the First Circuit, and Maine Family Planning and other providers continue separate lawsuits challenging the ban.
• Advocates warn the provision could force closure of about 200 of Planned Parenthood’s 600 clinics and cut off nonabortion care for over one million Medicaid patients nationwide.