Appeals court says Medicaid funding cuts for Planned Parenthood can stand while lawsuit proceeds
December 31, 2025
A federal appeals court says the Trump administration can continue to withhold Medicaid funding from Planned Parenthood while legal challenges continue. President Donald Trump and the Republican-led Congress cut Medicaid reimbursement for Planned Parenthood and some other abortion providers in July, sparking multiple lawsuits. In two cases, a federal judge issued preliminary orders siding with Planned Parenthood and a coalition of mostly Democratic states, but an appeals court overturned the first order on Dec. 12 and put the second on hold on Tuesday. And in a third case, a network of Maine clinics that challenged the cuts recently ended its lawsuit.