A federal appeals court issued a ruling on Sept. 11 allowing the federal government to enforce a law that would halt Medicaid funding for Planned Parenthood.
This follows a preliminary injunction issued by U.S. District Judge Indira Talwani in July that had blocked the federal government from implementing a provision in the One Big Beautiful Act.
That provision bars nonprofit organizations that provide abortions and received more than $800,000 in Medicaid reimbursements in fiscal year 2023 from receiving Medicaid funding. Among those affected is Planned Parenthood, though it was not explicitly named in the bill.
The First U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has granted the Department of Health and Human Services’ (HHS) request to pause Talwani’s order, allowing the HHS to cut off Medicaid funding for Planned Parenthood….