US judge blocks Trump effort to cut Planned Parenthood funding

A federal judge in Boston on Monday blocked the Trump administration from ending federal Medicaid reimbursements for Planned Parenthood clinics nationwide, ruling that the effort is likely unconstitutional and in violation of the group's First Amendment protections.

U.S. District Judge Indira Talwani, an Obama appointee in Boston, granted Planned Parenthood's request for a nationwide preliminary injunction. "Patients are likely to suffer adverse health consequences where care is disrupted or unavailable," she said in her order on Monday. ---More...