Federal judge quickly rules in favor of Planned Parenthood in suit over Medicaid funding
WASHINGTON — The federal government cannot withhold Medicaid funding from Planned Parenthood for at least the next two weeks, after a district court judge issued a temporary restraining order the same day the organization filed a lawsuit.
Republicans included language in their “big, beautiful bill” that would block Medicaid payments from going to Planned Parenthood for the next year, a move that would effectively prevent enrollees in the state-federal health program for lower income people from visiting any of its clinics for routine health care.
The ban began when President Donald Trump signed the bill into law on Friday.
Congress already bars federal funding from going to abortion services with limited exceptions.
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