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Government can withhold funds from Planned Parenthood, appeals court rules
The ruling allows enforcement of a 2025 law cutting Medicaid reimbursements to providers offering abortions with over $800,000 in payments, affecting Planned Parenthood affiliates nationwide.
- On Friday, the First U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals allowed the Trump administration to continue withholding Planned Parenthood funding, reversing injunctions and sending the lawsuit back to a lower court.
- The bill targets providers that both offer abortions and met a reimbursement threshold, requiring stopping Medicaid reimbursements to organizations that both offer abortions and received more than $800,000 in reimbursements in 2024, with the one-year funding pause established by Congress.
- Judge Gustavo A. Gelpú explained that lawmakers have broad discretion over federal spending and the funding cutoff did not amount to illegal punishment, with narrow statutory interpretation likely constitutional under equal-protection standards.
- CMS has not applied the restrictions yet, meaning no immediate impact for Medicaid-dependent patients in Washington, while states including New York, California and Washington pledge funds amid risks to Planned Parenthood clinics.
- Planned Parenthood can continue litigating before Judge Indira Talwani and may pursue possible appeals after Talwani blocked the law in 22 states and the District of Columbia earlier this month.
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