US judge blocks Trump from cutting Medicaid funding for Planned Parenthood in 22 states [View all]

Source: Reuters

December 2, 2025 6:31 PM EST Updated 33 mins ago


BOSTON, Dec 2 (Reuters) - A federal judge on Tuesday blocked U.S. President Donald Trump's administration from enforcing in 22 states a provision of the Republican's signature tax and domestic policy bill that would deprive Planned Parenthood and local affiliates that perform abortions of Medicaid funding.

U.S. District Judge Indira Talwani in Boston said a group of Democratic state attorneys general who had challenged the provision were likely to succeed in establishing that the law constitutes an unconstitutional retroactive condition on their participation in the Medicaid healthcare program. Talwani called the law "impermissibly ambiguous," and said that allowing it to remain in effect would "increase the percentage of patients unable to receive birth control and preventive screenings, thereby prompting an increase in states’ healthcare costs."

The judge, who was appointed by Democratic President Barack Obama, issued a preliminary injunction that covers the 22 states that sued to challenge the provision led by California, Connecticut and New York, as well as the District of Columbia. But she put her ruling on hold for seven days to allow the administration to appeal.

She had previously blocked the law from being implemented on other grounds in a separate case by Planned Parenthood. But a federal appeals court put that decision on hold in September while it weighed the administration's appeal. The White House did not immediately respond to a request for comment.

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