Appeals Court Allows Trump Admin to Defund Planned Parenthood

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.

The decision, issued by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit, 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. -- More...