Appeals Court Allows Planned Parenthood Funding Block

Several states had argued that the funding ban was unconstitutional.

Planned Parenthood signage is displayed outside of a health care clinic in Los Angeles, Calif., on May 16, 2023. Patrick T. Fallon/AFP/Getty Images

A federal appeals court on Dec. 30 allowed the Trump administration to withhold Medicaid funds from Planned Parenthood clinics in the 22 states that sued over a congressionally-approved funding block.

Section 71113 in the One Big Beautiful Bill Act, a federal law signed by President Donald Trump in July, imposes a one-year ban on Medicaid payments to health care nonprofits, but does not mention Planned Parenthood by name. Medicaid is a joint federal-state program that offers health insurance coverage to low-income Americans.