Judge issues temporary injunction against Planned Parenthood defunding
The abortion giant will continue to use taxpayer funds to kill babies, for now
As efforts ramp up legislatively to block Planned Parenthood from using taxpayer dollars, the politically savvy abortion giant has used the full weight of the courts to keep its funding.
In the latest example, a federal judge has temporarily stopped a new, Trump-era law from cutting off its Medicaid funds.
U.S. District Judge Indira Talwani, issued a temporary restraining order on July 7 which blocked enforcement of a key provision in the recently passed “Big Beautiful Bill” which President Donald Trump has touted as, among other things, the vehicle of his limits on Planned Parenthood.
The law, signed by the president on July 4, included a 12‑month ban on Medicaid reimbursements for healthcare providers that both receive over $800,000 in Medicaid annually and are “primarily engaged in family planning services” – i.e., abortion providers.
The two‑week injunction remains effective until July 21 and requires the Department of Health and Human Services to continue Medicaid funding for Planned Parenthood while legal proceedings unfold.
Judge Talwani stated in her order that “Defendants, their agents … 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 and its members; Planned Parenthood League of Massachusetts; and Planned Parenthood Association of Utah.”
In its lawsuit, Planned Parenthood called the provision a “naked attempt to leverage the government’s spending power to attack and penalize” the organization for offering and advocating abortion services. The complaint also warned that the funding cut could shutter over 200 clinics nationwide, threatening care for more than one million Medicaid patients, especially those in underserved rural areas or marginalized communities.
Imagine thinking anyone was surprised that conservative lawmakers who promised to cut off Planned Parenthood’s funding didn’t want to penalize them for offering abortion services. Imagine thinking that you’re hurting marginalized communities by not killing their offspring and victimizing pregnant women.
Planned Parenthood is very adept at playing the victim, as they routinely victimize millions.
This case comes just weeks after the U.S. Supreme Court declined to intervene in Medina v. Planned Parenthood South Atlantic, allowing South Carolina to exclude the group from Medicaid. That decision, according to Reuters, reinforced states’ authority to cut ties with abortion providers, a precedent now being temporarily paused at the federal level.
This temporary ruling is not the end of the story — but it is a reminder of the entrenched legal protections abortion providers continue to enjoy, even as public opinion turns increasingly against the abortion industry. Once again, a judge has stepped in to preserve the flow of taxpayer money to Planned Parenthood, despite its central role in the nation’s abortion industry. Go. Figure.
If we want real change, we can’t rely on courts alone. The only reason we are seeing this kind of legislation passed on the state level is because of anti-abortion advocates who make their voices heard and hold politicians accountable to their promises.
Planned Parenthood is going to fight tooth and nail to stay in the business of taking lives – but we’ll keep fighting like it’s a life or death matter. Because for the children and women that the abortion giant victimizes, it is.