{"id":11582180,"date":"2025-07-28T11:20:56","date_gmt":"2025-07-28T15:20:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.baltimoresun.com\/?p=11582180&preview=true&preview_id=11582180"},"modified":"2025-07-28T11:53:09","modified_gmt":"2025-07-28T15:53:09","slug":"planned-parenthood-funding-cuts-blocked","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.baltimoresun.com\/2025\/07\/28\/planned-parenthood-funding-cuts-blocked\/","title":{"rendered":"Judge blocks Trump administration\u2019s efforts to defund Planned Parenthood"},"content":{"rendered":"

By KIMBERLEE KRUESI, Associated Press<\/strong><\/p>\n

A federal judge on Monday ruled Planned Parenthood clinics nationwide must continue to be reimbursed for Medicaid funding as the nation\u2019s largest abortion provider fights President Donald Trump\u2019s administration over efforts to defund the organization in his signature tax legislation.<\/p>\n

The new order replaces a previous edict handed down by U.S. District Judge Indira Talwani in Boston last week. Talwani initially granted a preliminary injunction specifically blocking the government from cutting Medicaid payments to Planned Parenthood members that didn\u2019t provide abortion care or didn\u2019t meet a threshold of at least $800,000 in Medicaid reimbursements in a given year.<\/p>\n

\u201cPatients are likely to suffer adverse health consequences where care is disrupted or unavailable,\u201d Talwani wrote in her Monday order. \u201cIn particular, restricting Members\u2019 ability to provide healthcare services threatens an increase in unintended pregnancies and attendant complications because of reduced access to effective contraceptives, and an increase in undiagnosed and untreated STIs.\u201d<\/p>\n

A provision in Trump\u2019s tax bill instructed the federal government to end Medicaid payments for one year to abortion providers that received more than $800,000 from Medicaid in 2023, even to those like Planned Parenthood that also offer medical services like contraception, pregnancy tests and STD testing.<\/p>\n

Although Planned Parenthood is not specifically named in the statute, which went into effect July 4, the organization\u2019s leaders say it was meant to affect their nearly 600 centers in 48 states. However, a\u00a0major medical provider in Maine<\/a>\u00a0and likely others have also been hit.<\/p>\n

In its lawsuit, Planned Parenthood had argued that they would be at risk of closing nearly 200 clinics in 24 states if they are cut off from Medicaid funds. They estimated this would result in more than 1 million patients losing care.<\/p>\n