Reproductive health giant is battling political and economic headwinds as Trump works to ‘defund’ the organization
A federal judge on Monday ruled that Donald Trump’s administration must continue to reimburse Planned Parenthood clinics nationwide for Medicaid-funded services, as the reproductive health giant heads to war with the administration over its efforts to “defund” the organization through Trump’s sweeping tax bill.
The new order replaces and expands a previous edict handed down by US district judge Indira Talwani in Boston last week. The judge initially granted a preliminary injunction specifically blocking the government from cutting Medicaid payments only to Planned Parenthood affiliates that did not provide abortions or did not receive at least $800,000 in Medicaid reimbursements in a given year.
“Patients are likely to suffer adverse health consequences where care is disrupted or unavailable,” Talwani wrote in her Monday order.
“In particular, restricting members’ 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.”
