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Appeals Court Allows Planned Parenthood Funding Block

Several states had argued that the funding ban was unconstitutional.
Appeals Court Allows Planned Parenthood Funding Block
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
Matthew Vadum
Matthew Vadum
12/30/2025|Updated: 12/31/2025
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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.

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