Judge Says He Must Defer to Congress in Abortion Provider Defunding Suit

A similar case in Massachusetts led a judge to block the defunding effort.

A Planned Parenthood facility in Anaheim, Calif., on Sept. 10, 2020. The new legislation ends Medicaid funding for health care nonprofits that post more than $800,000 in profit in a year, including Planned Parenthood. John Fredricks/The Epoch Times

A federal judge in Maine has refused to block Congress’s attempt to defund large abortion providers, like Planned Parenthood through the One Big Beautiful Bill Act.

“Were I to enjoin [the Trump administration] against obeying Congress’ funding instructions, I cannot say that I would be acting on any other basis than a difference of opinion as to ’the wisdom, fairness, or logic or legislative choices,'” U.S. District Judge Lance Walker said in a ruling on Aug. 25.