Posted on 07/12/2025 12:10:20 PM PDT by where's_the_Outrage?
A Massachusetts district judge extended a temporary restraining order Friday blocking the enforcement of a new provision that would cut Medicaid funding to certain Planned Parenthood health centers.
Obama-appointed federal Judge Indira Talwani ruled that a provision of the Reconciliation Act, which would prevent Medicaid reimbursements to organizations providing abortions and meeting certain financial criteria, including receiving over $800,000 in Medicaid reimbursements in 2023, could not be enforced. The ruling specifically impacts the Planned Parenthood Federation of America and its affiliates, including the Planned Parenthood League of Massachusetts and Planned Parenthood Association of Utah.
“Defendants, their agents, employees, appointees, successors, and anyone acting in concert or participation with Defendants shall take all steps necessary to ensure that Medicaid funding continues to be disbursed in the customary manner and timeframes to Planned Parenthood Federation of America’s members, including but not limited to Planned Parenthood League of Massachusetts and Planned Parenthood Association of Utah,” the order states.
The court required Planned Parenthood to post a nominal bond of $100 by July 15, 2025. The order will remain in effect until at least July 21, 2025, unless further amended. The decision marks a temporary victory for Planned Parenthood, securing continued Medicaid funding for its health centers while the legal battle over the provision continues.
The court’s decision came in response to a motion that Planned Parenthood filed, arguing that the law would cause significant disruptions in healthcare services for Medicaid patients.
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One of the problems of not requiring all Federal Judges to be natural born citizens of the US. We get all these third world crazies with their home grown laws and rules.
She is 100% wrong. Which confirms “stupid is as stupid does.”.
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Notice how these judges never rule against the creation or expanding these spending programs.
Judge should be charged with murder by the judge’s abortion decision, 1 count for each deceased fetus, from the date of court ruling.
The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) issued a scathing legal memo July 14, condemning a federal judge’s decision to temporarily block the Trump administration’s one-year ban on taxpayer dollars going to Planned Parenthood.
“Simply put, Planned Parenthood has no right to taxpayer money, and this Court should not invent such a right,” HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. wrote in the memo. “The Court should uphold Congress’s lawful exercise of its authority to decide to whom it will entrust taxpayers’ hard-earned dollars.”
The funding freeze is part of President Donald Trump’s recently passed “Big Beautiful Bill.” It bars abortion facilities from receiving Medicaid reimbursements for one year.
On July 7, US District Judge Indira Talwani issued a 14-day restraining order on the measure just hours after Planned Parenthood filed suit. The abortion provider claimed the freeze violated its First Amendment rights.
Four days later, Talwani amended the order after the administration asked the court to dissolve it, again siding with Planned Parenthood. In her amended ruling, she wrote that Planned Parenthood is likely to succeed in its constitutional challenge. <<< We’ll see about that. . .
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