Judge orders Trump administration to continue Medicaid funding to Planned Parenthood

Reproductive health giant is battling political and economic headwinds as Trump works to ‘defund’ the organizationA federal judge on Monday ruled that Donald Trump’s administration must continue to reimburse Planned Parenthood clinics nationwide for Medicaid-funded services, as the reproductive health giant heads to war with the administration over its efforts to “defund” the organization through Trump’s sweeping tax bill.The new order replaces and expands a previous edict handed down by US district judge Indira Talwani in Boston last week. The judge initially granted a preliminary injunction specifically blocking the government from cutting Medicaid payments only to Planned Parenthood affiliates that did not provide abortions or did not receive at least $800,000 in Medicaid reimbursements in a given year. Continue reading...

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