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Diamond Member
āA federal judge on Monday ruled Planned Parenthood clinics nationwide must continue to be reimbursed for Medicaid funding as the nationās largest abortion provider fights President Donald Trumpās administration over efforts to defund the organization in his signature tax legislation.
The new order replaces a previous edict handed down by U.S. District Judge Indira Talwani in Boston last week. Talwani initially granted a preliminary injunction specifically blocking the government from cutting Medicaid payments to Planned Parenthood members that didnāt provide abortion care or didnāt meet a threshold of at least $800,000 in Medicaid reimbursements in a given year.
āPatients are likely to suffer adverse health consequences where care is disrupted or unavailable,ā Talwani wrote in her Monday order. āIn particular, restricting Membersā ability to provide healthcare services threatens an increase in unintended pregnancies and attendant complications because of reduced access to effective contraceptives, and an increase in undiagnosed and untreated STIs.ā
A provision in Trumpās tax bill instructed the federal government to end Medicaid payments for one year to abortion providers that received more than $800,000 from Medicaid in 2023, even to those like Planned Parenthood that also offer medical services like contraception, pregnancy tests and STD testing."ā
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The harmful stupidity of Republicans ā an increase in unintended pregnancies results in an increase in abortions.
The new order replaces a previous edict handed down by U.S. District Judge Indira Talwani in Boston last week. Talwani initially granted a preliminary injunction specifically blocking the government from cutting Medicaid payments to Planned Parenthood members that didnāt provide abortion care or didnāt meet a threshold of at least $800,000 in Medicaid reimbursements in a given year.
āPatients are likely to suffer adverse health consequences where care is disrupted or unavailable,ā Talwani wrote in her Monday order. āIn particular, restricting Membersā ability to provide healthcare services threatens an increase in unintended pregnancies and attendant complications because of reduced access to effective contraceptives, and an increase in undiagnosed and untreated STIs.ā
A provision in Trumpās tax bill instructed the federal government to end Medicaid payments for one year to abortion providers that received more than $800,000 from Medicaid in 2023, even to those like Planned Parenthood that also offer medical services like contraception, pregnancy tests and STD testing."ā
Judge blocks Trump administration's efforts to defund Planned Parenthood
A federal judge on Monday ruled Planned Parenthood clinics nationwide must continue to be reimbursed for Medicaid funding as the nationās largest abortion provider fights President Trumpās efforts to defund the organization.
The harmful stupidity of Republicans ā an increase in unintended pregnancies results in an increase in abortions.
