A federal appeals court has cleared the way for the Trump administration to cut Medicaid funding to Planned Parenthood, overturning a lower court’s ruling and delivering a significant victory for pro-life advocates seeking to restrict federal taxpayer support for the nation’s largest abortion company.
That provision in the One Big Beautiful Bill Act passed by the Republican-led Congress denied certain tax-exempt organizations and their affiliates from receiving Medicaid funds if they continued to provide abortions.
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The decision, issued by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit in Boston, reverses a July 2025 preliminary injunction by U.S. District Judge Indira Talwani in Boston.
Talwani had blocked a provision in the One Big Beautiful Bill Act, passed by the Republican-led Congress, which barred certain tax-exempt organizations that kill babies in abortions from receiving Medicaid reimbursements.
The law targeted groups like Planned Parenthood that received over $800,000 in Medicaid funding in 2023.
The appeals court ruled that the provision does not violate constitutional protections, allowing the federal government to withhold Medicaid funds from Planned Parenthood affiliates. As a result, more Planned Parenthood abortion centers are expected to close.
The decision aligns with a June 2025 Supreme Court ruling in Medina v. Planned Parenthood South Atlantic, which permitted states like South Carolina to exclude Planned Parenthood from Medicaid for providing abortions.
That 6-3 ruling, authored by Justice Neil Gorsuch, stated that Medicaid law does not explicitly grant patients an enforceable right to choose their health care provider, closing off Planned Parenthood’s primary legal avenue to maintain funding.
