❓WHAT HAPPENED: Planned Parenthood filed a lawsuit challenging a provision in President Donald J. Trump’s “One Big Beautiful Bill” that would strip Medicaid funding from its abortion centers.
👤WHO WAS INVOLVED: Planned Parenthood, the Trump administration, and the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services.
📍WHEN & WHERE: The lawsuit was filed on Monday, July 7, 2025, in a federal court in Boston, Massachusetts.
💬KEY QUOTE: “The true design of the Defund Provision is simply to express disapproval of, attack, and punish Planned Parenthood, which plays a particularly prominent role in the public debate over abortion,” Planned Parenthood stated in its complaint.
🎯IMPACT: Planned Parenthood claims the provision would have “catastrophic consequences” for over one million patients annually who rely on Medicaid services at its nearly 600 facilities.
Planned Parenthood has filed a lawsuit against the Trump administration, targeting a specific provision in the “One Big Beautiful Bill”—signed into law last week by President Donald J. Trump—that would revoke Medicaid funding from its abortionist clinics. The lawsuit, submitted in a Boston federal court, argues that the provision is unconstitutional and aims to prevent the organization’s abortionists from receiving Medicaid money.
The organization stated that over one million patients annually rely on Medicaid services provided by its nearly 600 facilities. Planned Parenthood described the measure as an effort to “attack and punish” the organization due to its status as the industry leader in aborting babies.
“The true design of the Defund Provision is simply to express disapproval of, attack, and punish Planned Parenthood, which plays a particularly prominent role in the public debate over abortion,” the organization claimed in its filing.
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), a division of the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) that oversees Medicaid, has not commented on the lawsuit. Planned Parenthood asserts that the provision would lead to “catastrophic consequences,” claiming it would negatively impact patients who depend on Medicaid.
In June, the top abortion provider suffered a significant legal blow when the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that state governments have the authority to block Medicaid funding for Planned Parenthood clinics, siding with South Carolina in Medina v. Planned Parenthood South Atlantic. Medicaid and government grants comprise a significant portion of Planned Parenthood’s funding.
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