Fifth Circuit Appeals Court Rules Texas, Louisiana Can Cut Medicaid Funding to Planned Parenthood

The logo of Planned Parenthood is seen outside the Planned Parenthood Reproductive Health Services Center in St. Louis, Mo., on May 30, 2019. Saul Loeb/AFP via Getty Images

A federal appeals court ruled Monday that Louisiana and Texas can withhold federal funding to Planned Parenthood clinics, undoing an earlier appellate court decision.

The decision was handed down by the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in New Orleans. Besides reversing decisions in Texas and Louisiana, Mississippi is also under 5th Circuit jurisdiction and will be affected by the recent change. The decision is likely to be appealed and go to the Supreme Court.